1.  A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.  A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex. [1913 Webster]

3.  An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. [1913 Webster]

4.  The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. [1913 Webster]

1.  To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of. Gay. [1913 Webster]
"I have given suck, and know
How tender 't is to love the babe that milks me." [1913 Webster]

2.  To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows. [1913 Webster]

3.  To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder. Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
"They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock." [1913 Webster]

1.  To draw or to yield milk. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.  To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation; -- said of a storage battery. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

milk, n. & v.
--n.
1 an opaque white fluid secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.
2 the milk of cows, goats, or sheep as food.
3 the milklike juice of plants, e.g. in the coconut.
4 a milklike preparation of herbs, drugs, etc.
--v.tr.
1 draw milk from (a cow, ewe, goat, etc.).
2 a exploit (a person) esp. financially. b get all possible advantage from (a situation).
3 extract sap, venom, etc. from.
4 sl. tap (telegraph or telephone wires etc.).

Idiom:
cry over spilt milk lament an irremediable loss or error. in milk secreting milk. milk and honey abundant means of prosperity. milk and water a feeble or insipid or mawkish discourse or sentiment. milk bar a snack bar selling milk drinks and other refreshments. milk chocolate chocolate for eating, made with milk. milk float Brit. a small usu. electric vehicle used in delivering milk. milk-leg a painful swelling, esp. of the legs, after childbirth. milk-loaf a loaf of bread made with milk. milk of human kindness kindness regarded as natural to humanity. Milk of Magnesia Brit. propr. a white suspension of magnesium hydroxide usu. in water as an antacid or laxative. milk of sulphur the amorphous powder of sulphur formed by precipitation. milk-powder milk dehydrated by evaporation. milk pudding a pudding of rice, sago, tapioca, etc., baked with milk in a dish. milk round
1 a fixed route on which milk is delivered regularly.
2 a regular trip or tour involving calls at several places. milk run a routine expedition or service journey. milk shake a drink of milk, flavouring, etc., mixed by shaking or whisking. milk sugar lactose. milk tooth a temporary tooth in young mammals. milk-vetch any leguminous yellow-flowered plant of the genus Astragalus. milk-white white like milk.

Derivative:
milker n.

Etymology:
OE milc, milcian f. Gmc

N  moderation, lenity, temperateness, gentleness, sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating, anaphrodisia, relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ariston metron, moderator, lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum, rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora, wet blanket, palliative, moderate, lenient, gentle, mild, mellow, cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled, tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific, halcyon, unexciting, unirritating, soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne, hypnotic, sedative, antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water, moderately, gingerly, piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason, est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters.

N  semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.

N  whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.

acidophilus milk, alpine milk vetch, certified milk, chocolate milk, coconut milk, condensed milk, cows' milk, devil's milk, dried milk, dry milk, evaporated milk, goats' milk, homogenized milk, ice milk, low-fat milk, malted milk, milk adder, milk bar, milk can, milk chocolate, milk cow, milk float, milk glass, milk intolerance, milk leg, milk of magnesia, milk powder, milk pox, milk punch, milk river, milk shake, milk sickness, milk snake, milk sugar, milk thistle, milk tooth, milk vetch, milk wagon, milk whey, mother's milk, nonfat dry milk, pasteurized milk, pasturized milk, powdered milk, purple milk vetch, raw milk, scalded milk, skim milk, skimmed milk, soya milk, soybean milk, whole milk, wolf's milk, yak's milk