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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mill1 /mɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as steel or textiles:the cotton mills of the Old South.
- a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour.
- a machine for grinding or crushing any solid substance:a coffee mill.
- a business that gives out products in an impersonal or mechanical manner:The school was a diploma mill.
v. - to grind, work, or shape in or with a mill:[~ + object]The men milled the wheat into flour.
- to move slowly around without aim or purpose, or in confusion:[no object]After the accident the crowd milled around.
Idioms- Idioms through the mill, through a set of difficult or painful experiences:really been through the mill with three divorces.
mill2 /mɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Currencya unit of money used in accounting, equal to.001 of a U.S. dollar.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mill1 (mil),USA pronunciation n. - a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products.
- a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance:a coffee mill.
- Mechanical Engineeringany of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work:rolling mill.
- Mechanical Engineeringany of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations.
- a business or institution that dispenses products or services in an impersonal or mechanical manner, as if produced in a factory:a divorce mill; a diploma mill.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]a cutter on a milling machine.
- Printing, Mechanical Engineeringa steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate.
- Mininga place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore.
- Slang Termsa boxing match or fistfight.
- Idioms, Informal Termsthrough the mill, [Informal.]undergoing or having undergone severe difficulties, trials, etc., esp. with an effect on one's health, personality, or character:He's really been through the mill since his wife's death.
v.t. - to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a mill.
- [Coining.]
- to make a raised edge on (a coin or the like).
- to make narrow, radial grooves on the raised edge of (a coin or the like).
- to beat or stir, as to a froth:to mill chocolate.
- Slang Termsto beat or strike;
fight;
overcome.
v.i. - to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often fol. by about or around).
- Slang Termsto fight or box.
- Late Latin molīna, noun, nominal use of feminine of molīnus of a mill, equivalent. to Latin mol(a) mill + -īnus -ine1
- Middle English milne, mille (noun, nominal), Old English myl(e)n bef. 950
- 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged crowd, wander, roam, teem.
mill2 (mil),USA pronunciation n. - Currencya unit of monetary value equal to 0.001 of a U.S. dollar;
one tenth of a cent: used at various times and places in the U.S. as a money of account, esp. in certain tax rates.
- 1785–95, American; short for Latin millēsimus thousandth; see mil
- BiographicalJames, 1773–1836, English philosopher, historian, and economist, born in Scotland.
- Biographicalhis son John Stuart, 1806–73, English philosopher and economist.
mill., - million.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mill /mɪl/ n - a building in which grain is crushed and ground to make flour
- a factory, esp one which processes raw materials
- any of various processing or manufacturing machines, esp one that grinds, presses, or rolls
- any of various small hand mills used for grinding pepper, salt, or coffee for domestic purposes
- a hard roller for impressing a design, esp in a textile-printing machine or in a machine for printing banknotes
- a system, institution, etc, that influences people or things in the manner of a factory: going through the educational mill
- an unpleasant experience; ordeal (esp in the phrases go or be put through the mill)
- a fist fight
vb - (transitive) to grind, press, or pulverize in or as if in a mill
- (transitive) to process or produce in or with a mill
- to cut or roll (metal) with or as if with a milling machine
- (transitive) to groove or flute the edge of (a coin)
- (intr; often followed by about or around) to move about in a confused manner
- archaic slang to fight, esp with the fists
Etymology: Old English mylen from Late Latin molīna a mill, from Latin mola mill, millstone, from molere to grindˈmillable adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Mill /mɪl/ n - James. 1773–1836, Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist. He expounded Bentham's utilitarian philosophy in Elements of Political Economy (1821) and Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind (1829) and also wrote a History of British India (1817–18)
- his son, John Stuart. 1806–73, English philosopher and economist. He modified Bentham's utilitarian philosophy in Utilitarianism (1861) and in his treatise On Liberty (1859) he defended the rights and freedom of the individual. Other works include A System of Logic (1843) and Principles of Political Economy (1848)
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