v.
milked, milk·ing, milks
v.
tr.
- To draw milk from the teat or udder of (a female mammal).
- To draw or extract a liquid from: milked the stem for its last drops of sap.
- To draw out or extract something from, as if by milking: milked the witness for information.
- To obtain money or benefits from, in order to achieve personal gain; exploit: "The dictator and his cronies had milked their country of somewhere between $5 billion and $10 billion"(Russell Watson).
- To press out, drain off, or remove by or as if by milking: milk venom from a snake.
- Informal
- To draw out or extract something from, as if by milking: milked the witness for information.
- To obtain money or benefits from, in order to achieve personal gain; exploit: "The dictator and his cronies had milked their country of somewhere between $5 billion and $10 billion"(Russell Watson).
For a little context as to why and what situation I'll be milking, visit my wife's blog here and here.
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