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# milk

«milk» in Mova's school dictionary: **the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (milk — uncountable); verb (milk, milks, milked, milking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Milk is the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#m1)

2) Milk is also the food that mother mammals make for their babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#m2)

3) To milk a cow or goat is to take milk from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#m3)

4) To milk something is also to get as much as you can from it: «He milked the joke.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#m4)

5) Some plant drinks are called milk too, like oat milk or coconut milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

a liquid measured in cups, liters, gallons or cartons; things bought, poured, drunk or shared; in science mammals feed their babies milk, and milk gives calcium for bones; phrases «a glass of milk», «spilt milk», «milk tooth» (a baby tooth, British)

### examples

- Mom buys 3 cartons of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x1)
- Each glass holds 250 milliliters of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x2)
- A cow gives 20 liters of milk a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x3)
- Sara drank 2 cups of milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x4)
- The farmer milks the goats every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x5)
- Puppies drink their mother's milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x6)
- Milk has calcium, which helps build strong bones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x7)
- Don't cry over spilt milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x8)
- Her offerings were cakes and milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/#x9)

### note

Usually counted by a unit or a container (cups, liters, bottles), not by itself: «some milk», «much milk», never «three milks» in school use. «Per day» gives a rate. Trap: the unit tells what to count, not the word «milk». Safety: drink milk that is kept cold and not past its date.

### In the corpora

- [A newborn calf stands within about an hour so that it can drink milk and keep up with the herd.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/8/)
- [Whales are mammals: they breathe air, are warm-blooded, give birth to live young and feed them milk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/26-whales/6/)
- [Milk left out on a warm table goes sour because bacteria multiply fast in warmth and make acid; the fridge slows them down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/63-microbes-bacteria-and-viruses/17/)
- [And Tom's saucer of milk?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/118-tom-and-jerry-do-real-cats-chase-mice/4/)
- [Hedgehogs should not be given milk, which can make them ill; leave out water and meaty cat or dog food instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «milk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.