mill
To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machineTo grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
» Tom works at the steel mill.
Том работает на сталелитейном заводе. — Selena777
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17 senses(transitive)To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
to mill flour
mahlen
моло́тьmolótʹ, смоло́тьsmolótʹ
моло́тиmolóty
grind with a mill
(transitive)To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
(transitive)To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
produce a ridge around the edge of
(intransitive, usually)To move about in an aimless fashion.
I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.
move about in a confused manner
(transitive)To cause to mill, or circle around.
to mill cattle
To swim underwater.
To swim suddenly in a new direction.
(slang, transitive)To beat; to pound.
To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
(transitive)To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
(transitive)To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
(intransitive)To undergo hulling.
This maize mills well.
Examples
69 sentencesTom works at the steel mill.
ruТом работает на сталелитейном заводе. — Selena777
Tom works at the mill.
ruТом работает на мельнице. — Selena777
Thousands of people were milling around in the square.
That's water to his mill.
Це вода на його млин. — deniko
ruЭто вода на его мельницу. — Maksimo
It's all grist to his mill.
Це вода на його млин. — deniko
deDas ist Wasser auf seine Mühle. — Espi
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnuFrom Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname). Doublet of moline, moulin, and blin.
Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).
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Forms
mills, milling, milled, milledPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonyms- move about in a confused manner:mill aboutmill around
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.