Meanings (ES + gloss)
leche
A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.
For environmentally minded consumers, the news is hard to swallow: almond milk is not healthy for the planet and the popular milk substitute is especially hard on bees.
Where it does fall down, however, is its nutritional value. While oats are largely a healthy grain to include in your diet, the milk is highly diluted with water, giving it little…
Phrases
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
muir • ordeñar
To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
I haue giuen Sucke, and know / How tender 'tis to loue the Babe that milkes me[…]
The farmer milked his cows.
ordeñar
To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
July 21, 1877, "The Block in the Courts" in The Spectator They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.
When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.