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milking


Meanings
  • Verb

    The act of extracting milk from the udders of a cow or other animal.

  • The process of extracting milk from a cow or other animal for consumption.


Rhymes
Words rhyming with milking
hiking , biking , miking
Variants
List of all variants of milking that leads to same result
milk , milked , milking , milks
Forms
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milked, milks, milking


Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English mylcan ('to knead, to milk'), from mylce ('milk').


Trivia
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  1. Milk is one of the oldest food sources for humans.

  2. The average cow produces around 6 to 10 gallons of milk per day.

  3. Milk was once used as currency in some parts of Europe.


Related Concepts
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  1. Dairy farming: The practice of raising animals primarily for the production of milk.

  2. Milk processing: The transformation of raw milk into various dairy products.


Culture
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Milking has been a significant part of human history, particularly in agricultural societies. It is depicted in various forms of art, literature, and music. Milking is also a common metaphor for extracting resources or benefits.

How to Memorize "milking"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a farmer milking a cow in a barn. Visualize the milking bucket and the farmer's hands.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'milking' with 'farm' and 'cow'. Remember the process of extracting milk.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a sentence: 'Mary's Ingenious Loving Kine Suck' - Milk from Mary's loving, ingenious cows.


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