milking
Drawing from udders
Milking is the act of extracting milk from an animal, typically a cow, goat, or sheep.
The term extends to any gradual extraction: milking information from a reluctant witness, milking the system for benefits.
To milk something is to draw out its value over time, often exploitatively: He's been milking that one success for years.
Mammalian mammary organ
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
camels · yaks · lactation · herd · bovine · caprine · ovine · pasture
Removing outer layers
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- pulsationRhythmic expansion and contraction
- clusterGathered group nearby
liner · vacuum · foremilk · mastitis · hygiene · sanitation · bucket · pipeline
Pressing inward firmly
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- extractingPulling out from within
- wringingTwisting to extract moisture
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
siphoning · exploiting · manipulating · profiteering · gouging · fleecing · bilking · leeching
Initial postpartum milk
- nutritionBodily use of food
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- lactationMammary gland secretion
motherhood · infancy · weaning · sustenance · feeding · bonding · breast pump · expressing
Thermal pathogen elimination process
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- yogurtFermented milk product
- creameryButter-making facility
- butterSolid fat from cream
lactose · calcium · curd · whey · casein · kefir · ghee · fermentation
Routine household tasks
consistency · dawn · cycle · regularity · discipline · timetable · systematic · punctuality
udder
Mammalian mammary organ
buffalo · camels · yaks · lactation · herd · bovine · caprine · ovine · pasture · barn
stripping
Removing outer layers
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- pulsationRhythmic expansion and contraction
cluster · liner · vacuum · foremilk · mastitis · hygiene · sanitation · bucket · pipeline · rotary
squeezing
Pressing inward firmly
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- extractingPulling out from within
- wringingTwisting to extract moisture
bleeding · siphoning · exploiting · manipulating · profiteering · gouging · fleecing · bilking · leeching · freeloading
colostrum
Initial postpartum milk
- nutritionBodily use of food
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
lactation · motherhood · infancy · weaning · sustenance · feeding · bonding · breast pump · expressing · letdown
pasteurization
Thermal pathogen elimination process
butter · lactose · calcium · curd · whey · casein · kefir · ghee · fermentation · homogenization
chores
Routine household tasks
schedule · consistency · dawn · cycle · regularity · discipline · timetable · systematic · punctuality · predawn
- farm traditionsbarn raising, barn dances, harvest festival, county fairs, farmers markets
- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, farm labor, crop farming
- homesteadinghomesteading, self-sufficiency, off-grid living, off-grid, chicken coop
- working animalsherding, gun dog, guarding, pulling, hunting dog
- animal husbandrybreeding, sire, dam, stud, captive breeding
- extraction methodsjuicing, pressing, squeezing, draining, pumping
milkingreplenishing
Restoring to fullness
restoring · filling · supplying · contributing · investing
milkinginvesting
Committing capital for gain
contributing · giving · enriching · subsidizing · donating
- milking itProlonging for advantage
- milking barnFacility for extracting dairy
- milking machineMechanical udder extractor
- milking the clockStrategic delay tactic
- milking cowsExtracting cattle's milk
- milking stoolLow seat for udder work
milkiness, milkier, milkings, milking machine, milking machines