n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: before 12th century
1 a (1) : to draw milk from the breasts or udder of (2) obsolete : SUCKLE 2 b : to draw (milk) from the breast or udder c : SUCKLE 1 ― used of domestic animals
2 : to draw something from as if by milking: as a : to induce (a snake) to eject venom b : to draw or coerce profit or advantage from illicitly or to an extreme degree : EXPLOIT < milk the joke for all it's worth>
intransitive verb : to draw or yield milk