Colostrum vs. Milk

Colostrumnoun

(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.

Milknoun

(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.

Colostrumnoun

A mixture of turpentine and egg yolk, formerly used as an emulsion.

Milknoun

(uncountable) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. Also called non-dairy milk.

Colostrumnoun

The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.

Milknoun

An individual serving of milk.

Colostrumnoun

milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition

Milknoun

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

Colostrum

Colostrum (known colloquially as beestings, bisnings or first milk) is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals (including humans) immediately following delivery of the newborn. Most species will begin to generate colostrum just prior to giving birth.

Milknoun

Semen.

Milkverb

(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).

‘The farmer milked his cows.’;

Milkverb

(transitive) To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.

‘to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows’;

Milkverb

(transitive) To express any liquid (from any creature).

Milkverb

To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).

‘When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.’;

Milkverb

(of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.

Milkverb

To single-mindedly masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement and/or satisfaction of the masturbator/trix rather than the person masturbated.

‘Controlled milking can actually establish and consolidate a mistress’ dominance over her sub rather than diminish it.’;

Milknoun

A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts.

Milknoun

A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex.

Milknoun

An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.

Milknoun

The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.

Milkverb

To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.

‘I have given suck, and knowHow tender 't is to love the babe that milks me.’;

Milkverb

To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.

Milkverb

To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.

‘They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.’;

Milkverb

To draw or to yield milk.

Milkverb

To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation; - said of a storage battery.

Milknoun

a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings

Milknoun

produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young

Milknoun

a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

Milknoun

any of several nutritive milklike liquids

Milkverb

take milk from female mammals;

‘Cows need to be milked every morning’;

Milkverb

exploit as much as possible;

‘I am milking this for all it's worth’;

Milkverb

add milk to;

‘milk the tea’;

Milknoun

an opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young

‘a healthy mother will produce enough milk for her baby’;

Milknoun

the milk from cows (or goats or sheep) as consumed by humans

‘a glass of milk’;

Milknoun

the white juice of certain plants

‘coconut milk’;

Milknoun

a creamy-textured liquid with a particular ingredient or use

‘cleansing milk’;

Milkverb

draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically

‘two hours later he was up again to milk the cows’; ‘I had to start the milking’;

Milkverb

(of an animal, especially a cow) produce milk

‘the breed does seem to milk better in harder conditions’;

Milkverb

extract sap, venom, or other substances from

‘scientists have found a new way of producing an anti-clotting agent—by milking a leech’;

Milkverb

exploit or defraud by taking small amounts of money over a period of time

‘executives milked the health plan's funds for their personal use’;

Milkverb

get all possible advantage from (a situation)

‘the newspapers were milking the story for every possible drop of drama’;

Milkverb

elicit a favourable reaction from (an audience) and prolong it

‘he milked the crowd for every last drop of applause’;

Milk

Milk (also known in unfermented form as sweet milk) is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals, including breastfed human infants before they are able to digest solid food.