Milke

name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of milk. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "O ſiſters three, come, come, to mee, With hands as pale as milke, Lay them in gore, ſince you haue ſhore With ſheeres, his threede of ſilke."

Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of milk. alt-of, obsolete

    "Her vp they tooke, and with them home herled, With them as houſewife euer to abide, To milke their goates, and make them cheeſe & bred. And euery one as common good her haadeled ;"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Example

More examples

"O ſiſters three, come, come, to mee, With hands as pale as milke, Lay them in gore, ſince you haue ſhore With ſheeres, his threede of ſilke."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Milke.

More for "milke"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.