The people in a milling crowd move around within a particular place or area, so that the movement of the whole crowd looks very confused.
They moved purposefully through the milling crowd.
milling in British English
(ˈmɪlɪŋ)
noun
1.
the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill
2.
the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc
3.
(in W North America) a method of halting a stampede of cattle by turning the leaders in a wide arc until the herd turns in upon itself in a tightening spiral
milling in American English
(ˈmɪlɪŋ)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. prp. of
mill1
noun
2.
the process or business of grinding grain into flour or meal
3.
the grinding, cutting, or processing of metal, cloth, etc. in a mill
4.
a.
the process of ridging the edge of a coin, etc.
b.
the ridging thus produced; milled edge
5.
circular or random motion of or as of a herd or crowd
milling in Mechanical Engineering
(mɪlɪŋ)
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Manufacturing and assembly)
Milling is the process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing a material in a special machine.
Milling is the process of cutting away material by feeding a workpiece past a rotating cutterwith many teeth.
Milling is the complex cutting of metal or other materials by removing material from a planarsurface to form the final shape.
Milling is the process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing a material in a specialmachine.
mill, milling machine
Examples of 'milling' in a sentence
milling
The new milling method retains a layer which guards against high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries.
The Sun (2011)
Now it's finer thanks to milling process.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The milling crowd was like the queue for the last helicopter out of Saigon.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
On a monumental flight of stone steps we glimpse a milling, rebellious crowd.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I saw a milling crowd and pushed into it.
Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994)
She is slumped on a bed in a cubicle, with a fair number of friends and family milling around her.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They headed straight to the herd and it was all milling about, galloping in circles and exchanging the odd kick.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A group milling around nearby laughed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The milling crowd of looters, suddenly electrified, drew back.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)