mill

1 of 4

noun (1)

ˈmil

: a building provided with machinery for processing and especially for grinding grain into flour

: a machine or apparatus for grinding grain

: a device or machine for reducing something (as by crushing or grinding) to small pieces or particles

a pepper mill

: a machine for hulling grain kernels (as of rice, oats, or spelt)

: a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing

a paper mill

steel mills

: a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action

: a machine formerly used for stamping coins

: a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding

a cider mill

: milling machine, milling cutter

: a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine

Pacquiao has filed about a dozen bills as congressman but none has passed any of the committees they have been referred to, the first hurdle in the legislative mill.

Oliver Teves

: one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers

a diploma mill

a rumor mill

: a difficult and often educational experience

—used in the phrase through the mill

: the engine of an automobile or boat

mill

2 of 4

verb

milled; milling; mills

transitive verb

: to subject to an operation or process in a mill: such as

: to grind into flour, meal, or powder

milling wheat

: to remove the outer layers of (seed kernels) : to subject to hulling

milling rice to remove the husk and bran layers

: to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter

: to mix and condition (something, such as rubber) by passing between rotating rolls

: to give a raised rim or a ridged or corrugated edge to (a coin)

: to cut grooves in the metal surface of (something, such as a knob)

intransitive verb

: to move about in a disorderly or aimless fashion

a crowd milling about outside the theater exit

of cattle : to move about in a circling mass

: to hit out with the fists

: to undergo milling

seed too wet to mill properly

mill

3 of 4

noun (2)

variant spelling of mil entry 2

slang

: a million dollars

mill

4 of 4

noun (3)

: a money of account equal to ¹/₁₀ cent

Kids Definition

mill 1 of 3

noun

ˈmil

: a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour

: a machine or device that prepares a material for use by grinding or crushing

a pepper mill

: a factory using machines to make a product from raw material

a steel mill

mill

2 of 3

verb

milled; milling

: to subject to processing in a mill

Grain is milled into flour.

The logs are milled into lumber.

: to move about in a circle or in disorder

… while everybody was milling around in the street, the applesauce cake burned up.

Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

mill

3 of 3

noun

: one tenth of a cent

mills 1 of 2

noun

plural of mill

as in factories

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a steel mill that remains the town's principal employer

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factories
plants
works
shops
workshops
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sweatshops
studios
workrooms
workplaces
ateliers
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mills

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mill

as in pounds

to reduce to fine particles a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times

Synonyms & Similar Words

pounds
grinds
crushes
powders
beats
pulverizes
grates
disintegrates
brays
crumbles
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comminutes
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kibbles
smashes
crunches
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splinters
busts
shatters
dashes
micronizes

单词	mills
释义	mill 1 of 4 noun (1) ˈmil 1 : a building provided with machinery for processing and especially for grinding grain into flour 2 a : a machine or apparatus for grinding grain b : a device or machine for reducing something (as by crushing or grinding) to small pieces or particles a pepper mill c : a machine for hulling grain kernels (as of rice, oats, or spelt) 3 : a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing a paper mill steel mills 4 : a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action 5 a : a machine formerly used for stamping coins b : a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding a cider mill 6 : milling machine, milling cutter 7 a : a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine Pacquiao has filed about a dozen bills as congressman but none has passed any of the committees they have been referred to, the first hurdle in the legislative mill. Oliver Teves b : one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers a diploma mill a rumor mill 8 : a difficult and often educational experience —used in the phrase through the mill 9 : the engine of an automobile or boat mill 2 of 4 verb milled; milling; mills transitive verb 1 : to subject to an operation or process in a mill: such as a : to grind into flour, meal, or powder milling wheat b : to remove the outer layers of (seed kernels) : to subject to hulling milling rice to remove the husk and bran layers c : to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter d : to mix and condition (something, such as rubber) by passing between rotating rolls 2 : to give a raised rim or a ridged or corrugated edge to (a coin) 3 : to cut grooves in the metal surface of (something, such as a knob) intransitive verb 1 a : to move about in a disorderly or aimless fashion a crowd milling about outside the theater exit b of cattle : to move about in a circling mass 2 : to hit out with the fists 3 : to undergo milling seed too wet to mill properly mill 3 of 4 noun (2) variant spelling of mil entry 2 slang : a million dollars mill 4 of 4 noun (3) : a money of account equal to ¹/₁₀ cent Synonyms Noun (1) factory manufactory plant shop works workshop Verb atomize beat bray comminute crush disintegrate grind mull pound powder pulverize See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb The crowd was milling outside the exit. a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, molinum, from feminine and neuter of molinus of a mill, of a millstone, from Latin mola mill, millstone; akin to Latin molere to grind — more at meal Noun (3) Latin mille thousand First Known Use Noun (1) before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1511, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Noun (3) 1786, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing mill ball mill diploma mill gin mill grist for one's/the mill the rumor mill stamp mill run-of-the-mill puppy mill per mill hammer mill grist to one's/the mill pepper mill pug mill through the mill mill wheel rolling mill coffee mill water mill See More ball mill diploma mill gin mill grist for one's/the mill the rumor mill stamp mill run-of-the-mill puppy mill per mill hammer mill grist to one's/the mill pepper mill pug mill through the mill mill wheel rolling mill coffee mill water mill See More Kids Definition mill 1 of 3 noun ˈmil 1 : a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour 2 : a machine or device that prepares a material for use by grinding or crushing a pepper mill 3 : a factory using machines to make a product from raw material a steel mill mill 2 of 3 verb milled; milling 1 : to subject to processing in a mill Grain is milled into flour. The logs are milled into lumber. 2 : to move about in a circle or in disorder … while everybody was milling around in the street, the applesauce cake burned up. Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever mill 3 of 3 noun : one tenth of a cent Biographical Definition Mill 1 of 2 biographical name (1) ˈmil James 1773–1836 Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist Mill 2 of 2 biographical name (2) John Stuart 1806–1873 son of James Mill English philosopher and economist mills 1 of 2 noun plural of mill as in factories a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a steel mill that remains the town's principal employer Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance factories plants works shops workshops manufactories sweatshops studios workrooms workplaces ateliers yards mills 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of mill as in pounds to reduce to fine particles a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times Synonyms & Similar Words pounds grinds crushes powders beats pulverizes grates disintegrates brays crumbles mulls comminutes atomizes fractures fragments kibbles smashes crunches breaks splinters busts shatters dashes micronizes
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