Associations to the word «Lactate»

Wiktionary

LACTATE, verb. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk
LACTATE, noun. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid

Dictionary definition

LACTATE, noun. A salt or ester of lactic acid.
LACTATE, verb. Give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats