lactating

1. 1.

   producing or secreting milk

   “a wet nurse”

   “a wet cow”

   “lactating cows”

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Questions about lactating

What does lactating mean?

lactating means "producing or secreting milk".

How many syllables are in lactating?

lactating has 3 syllables: lac-ta-ting. The stress falls on "lac". In IPA it is /ˈlækteɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for lactating?

Close synonyms include wet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lactating a common word?

lactating is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.