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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024milled (mild),USA pronunciation v. - pt. and pp. of mill 1.
adj. - (of a coin) struck by a mill or press and usually finished with transverse ribs or grooves:milled dimes and quarters.
- ground or hulled in a mill:milled wheat.
- pressed flat by rolling:milled board.
- [Obs.](of metal) polished by mechanical means:a suit of milled armor.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: milled /mɪld/ adj - (of coins, etc) having a grooved or fluted edge
- made or treated in a mill
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
Mill (mil),USA pronunciation n. - 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 |