Milk-giving

  • 11milk something dry — milk/suck sb/sth ˈdry idiom to get from sb/sth all the money, help, information, etc. they have, usually giving nothing in return • By earning millions from racing and giving pennies back, the bookmakers are sucking the sport dry. Main entry:… …

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  • 12milk brain — n. 1. Feelings of disorientation and mental sluggishness reported by some mothers of newborn babies. 2. Total involvement in the care of a newborn baby, to the exclusion of almost everything else. Also: milk brain. Example Citations: Milk brain.… …

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  • 13Milk — For other uses, see Milk (disambiguation). Foremilk and Hindmilk samples of human breast milk …

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  • 14milk — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English meolc, milc; akin to Old High German miluh milk, Old English melcan to milk more at emulsion Date: before 12th century 1. a. a fluid secreted by the mammary glands of females for the nourishment …

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  • 15milk — [OE] Far back into prehistory, milk traces its ancestry to an Indo European base *melg , which denoted ‘wiping’ or ‘stroking’. The way of obtaining milk from animals is to pull one’s hand down their teats, and so *melg came in due course to be… …

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  • 16milk — [OE] Far back into prehistory, milk traces its ancestry to an Indo European base *melg , which denoted ‘wiping’ or ‘stroking’. The way of obtaining milk from animals is to pull one’s hand down their teats, and so *melg came in due course to be… …

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  • 17milk leg — noun painful thrombosis of the femoral vein in the leg following childbirth • Syn: ↑white leg, ↑phlegmasia alba dolens • Hypernyms: ↑thrombosis * * * noun 1. : postpartum thrombophlebitis of a femoral vein 2 …

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  • 18Giving Up The Ghost — Infobox Television episode | Title = Giving Up The Ghost Series = Ugly Betty Season = 2 Episode = 9 Airdate = November 22, 2007 Production = 209 Writer = Charles Pratt, Jr. Director = Gary Winnick Episode list = Episode chronology Caption = Prev …

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  • 19whole milk — milk containing all its constituents as received from the cow or other milk giving animal. [1965 70] * * * …

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  • 20milk leg — noun painful swelling of the leg after giving birth, caused by thrombophlebitis in the femoral vein …

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