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Word: Milk
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English milc, milcian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch melk and German Milch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mulgere and Greek amelgein ‘to milk’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
mɪlk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically
Short Definition:draw milk from cow
Examples:- two hours later he was up again to milk the cows
- I had to start the milking
Definition:
exploit or defraud by taking small amounts of money over a period of time
Short Definition:exploit by taking small amounts of money
Examples:- executives milked the health plan's funds for their personal use
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