(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Milk is the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and some other animals, which people drink and use to make butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
He popped out to buy a pint of ~.
...basic foods such as meat, bread and ~.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone ~s a cow or goat, they get ~ from it, using either their hands or a machine.
Farm-workers ~ed cows by hand.
VERB: V n
3.
Milk is the white liquid produced by women to feed their babies.
Milk from the mother’s breast is a perfect food for the human baby.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
Liquid products for cleaning your skin or making it softer are sometimes referred to as ~s.
...sales of cleansing ~s, creams and gels.
= lotion
N-MASS
5.
If you say that someone ~s something, you mean that they get as much benefit or profit as they can from it, without caring about the effects this has on other people.
A few people tried to ~ the insurance companies...
The callous couple ~ed money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle.
VERB: V n, V n from n disapproval
6.
see also coconut ~ , condensed ~ , evaporated ~ , skimmed ~