milk
noun
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
have been milking
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present perfect progressiveof milk.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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By about 3500 B.C.E., humans appear to have been milking early domestic horses, a delicate process, which is evidence that the animals were already quite tame.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 3, 2023
“The Browns gave me my chance. If it hadn’t been for baseball, I’d have been milking cows.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2017
