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WHEY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates

Example:

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("whey" is a kind of...):

dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese

Synonyms:

milk whey; whey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("whey" is a kind of...):

blood serum; serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb whey

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