Meaning

1 senses

  1. (usually)To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.

    move about in a confused manner

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Thousands of people were milling around in the square.

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  2. A large crowd was soon milling around the accident scene.

    deUm den Unfallort scharte sich schon bald eine große Menschenmenge.

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  3. Inside, students are getting ready to take their final exams — milling around the classroom, laughing and chatting.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

mills around, milling around, milled around, milled around
Base formmill around · to mill around
3rd person singularmills around
Present participlemilling around
Past simplemilled around
Past participlemilled around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymill around
he, she, itmills around

Past simpleLesson

all personsmilled around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave milled around
he, she, ithas milled around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mill around

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
milkweedmilkymillB2millennialmillenniummiller
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