milk
noun
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
is milking
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present progressiveof milk (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While the cow is milking, she is impregnated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
Here’s a tell on whether a coaching staff is milking the most out of its players: how they perform in new environments.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2020
Coconut, hemp, spelt, quinoa, pea – you name it, somewhere a health-food startup is milking it.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2019
And now who cares if Amazon is milking the postal service.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
It is milking time and the ants are going to herd their cows.
From Bert Wilson at the Wheel by J. W. Duffield
