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[ mild ] / mɪld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR milled ON THESAURUS.COM
verbsimple past tense and past participle of mill1. adjective(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. Obsolete. (of metal) polished by mechanical means: a suit of milled armor. Origin of milledFirst recorded in 1615–25; mill1 + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM milledun·milled, adjectiveWords nearby milledmillcake, mill chisel, mill construction, milldam, Millecent, milled, Milledgeville, mille-feuille, millefiori, millefleur, millefleurs Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for milledMoviegoers enjoyed a drink at the bar and milled around waiting for the 10:15 p.m. showing of The Interview. I Was Honeydicked Into Spending Christmas with ‘The Interview’|Allison McNearney|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST German artillery chased the landing craft where they milled off shore. Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST We just milled around the front of the school, waiting for our parents to come and pick us up. The JFK Assassination: The Long Weekend That Never Ended|Malcolm Jones|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST They care about the words that are milled and poured into the magazine, whether in one or six articles. Lawrence Wright: How I Write|Noah Charney|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Some milled about with large signs descrying the banks and financial institutions for imperiling the global economy. Assange Addresses Occupy London Protesters|Mike Giglio|October 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST The consideration was an annuity of $6,000 in Spanish milled dollars. Jersey City and its Historic Sites|Harriet Phillips Eaton Upon its circumference is a knurled or milled nut c, which is threaded internally to receive the threaded wings of the bush b. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II|Joshua Rose The needle valve ends in a milled nut outside the torch handle, this being the adjustment provided for the different nozzles. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting|Harold P. Manly While milling, the cut curd should be stirred as fast as milled to prevent matting again and to allow odors to escape. The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk They milled about the mammoth courtyard before the glorious Palace, aimlessly, mindlessly. Infinite Intruder|Alan Edward Nourse
British Dictionary definitions for milled
adjective(of coins, etc) having a grooved or fluted edge made or treated in a mill Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to milledpulverize, pound, crush, grate, powder, granulate, press, comminute |