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mill
1[ mil ]
noun
- 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.
- any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work:
rolling mill.
- any 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.
- Machinery. a cutter on a milling machine.
- a steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate.
- Mining. a place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore.
- Slang. a boxing match or fistfight.
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often followed by about or around ).
Synonyms: , , , ,
- Slang. to fight or box.
mill
2[ mil ]
noun
- a 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, especially in certain tax rates.
Mill
3[ mil ]
noun
- James, 1773鈥1836, English philosopher, historian, and economist, born in Scotland.
- his son John Stuart, 1806鈥73, English philosopher and economist.
mill.
4abbreviation for
- million.
Mill
1/ 尘瑟濒 /
noun
- MillJames17731836MScottishPHILOSOPHY: philosopherHISTORY: historianSOCIAL SCIENCE: economist James. 1773鈥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鈥18)
- MillJohn Stuart18061873MEnglishPHILOSOPHY: philosopherSOCIAL SCIENCE: economist his son, John Stuart. 1806鈥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)
mill
2/ 尘瑟濒 /
noun
- a building in which grain is crushed and ground to make flour
- a factory, esp one which processes raw materials
a steel mill
- 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 See also coffee mill pepper mill
- 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
- run of the millordinary or routine
verb
- tr to grind, press, or pulverize in or as if in a mill
- tr to process or produce in or with a mill
- to cut or roll (metal) with or as if with a milling machine
- tr to groove or flute the edge of (a coin)
- intr; often foll by about or around to move about in a confused manner
- rare.usually tr to beat (chocolate, etc)
- archaic.to fight, esp with the fists
mill
3/ 尘瑟濒 /
noun
- a US and Canadian monetary unit used in calculations, esp for property taxes, equal to one thousandth of a dollar
Derived Forms
- 藞尘颈濒濒补产濒别, adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of mill1
Origin of mill2
Idioms and Phrases
- through the mill, Informal. undergoing or having undergone severe difficulties, trials, etc., especially with an effect on one's health, personality, or character:
He's really been through the mill since his wife's death.
More idioms and phrases containing mill
see grist for the mill ; mills of the gods grind slowly ; run of the mill ; through the mill ; tilt at windmills .Example Sentences
He started working in the steelworks' rod mill in September 2022, and in August next year he is due to get married.
Last year, Texas鈥 last remaining sugar mill shuttered, and all of its 250 employees were fired, because farmers no longer have enough water to grow sugar cane.
Another Dales resident said he had seen filming at Surrender Bridge, which is close to an old lead smelting mill.
The scientists analysed the footprints to understand how the animals had moved, and suggested the different dinosaurs had "milled around" shallow freshwater lagoons.
Now he is busy trying to translate that knowhow, community ethic and desire to succeed to a proud old club in a small Lancashire former mill town.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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