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单词 mill
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mill

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noun (1)

ˈmil How to pronounce mill (audio)
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
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a
: a machine formerly used for stamping coins
b
: a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding
a cider mill
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: milling machine, milling cutter
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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
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: a difficult and often educational experience
used in the phrase through the mill
9
: the engine of an automobile or boat

mill

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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

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noun (2)

variant spelling of mil entry 2

slang
: a million dollars

mill

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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
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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

Kids Definition

mill 1 of 3

noun

ˈmil How to pronounce mill (audio)
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

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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

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noun

: one tenth of a cent

Biographical Definition

Mill 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

ˈmil How to pronounce Mill (audio)
James 1773–1836 Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist

Mill

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biographical name (2)

John Stuart 1806–1873 son of James Mill English philosopher and economist

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noun

as in factory
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
  • factory
  • plant
  • shop
  • works
  • workshop
  • manufactory
  • studio
  • sweatshop
  • yard
  • workplace
  • workroom
  • atelier

mill

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verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • grind
  • pound
  • crush
  • powder
  • beat
  • disintegrate
  • pulverize
  • grate
  • bray
  • comminute
  • mull
  • crumble
  • fracture
  • smash
  • atomize
  • break
  • fragment
  • kibble
  • crunch
  • shatter
  • bust
  • splinter
  • dash
  • micronize
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