mill

⁴mill

Definition of MILL

variant of ²mil

¹mill

noun \ˈmil\

Definition of MILL

1

: a building provided with machinery for grinding grain into flour

2

a : a machine or apparatus (as a quern) for grinding grain

b : a machine for crushing or comminuting

3

: a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action

4

: a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing

5

a : a machine formerly used for stamping coins

b : a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding

6

: milling machine, milling cutter

7

a : a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine

b : one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers <a diploma mill> <a rumor mill>

8

: a difficult and often educational experience —used in the phrase through the mill

9

: the engine of an automobile or boat

Origin of MILL

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

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with MILL

bill, brill, chill, dill, drill, fill, frill, gill, grill, grille, hill, ill, kill, krill, mil, mille, nil, nill, Phil, pill, prill, quill, rill, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spill, squill, still, swill, thill, thrill, til, till, trill, twill, vill, will

²mill

verb

Definition of MILL

transitive verb

1

: to subject to an operation or process in a mill: as

a : to grind into flour, meal, or powder

b : to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter

c : to mix and condition (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 (as a knob)

intransitive verb

1

: to hit out with the fists

2

: to move in a circle or in an eddying mass; also : wander

3

: to undergo milling

Examples of MILL

1. The crowd was milling outside the exit.
2. <a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times>

First Known Use of MILL

1511

Related to MILL

Synonyms

atomize, beat, bray, comminute, crush, disintegrate, grind, powder, mull, pound, pulverize

Related Words

grate, kibble; crumble, crunch; break, bust, dash, fracture, fragment; shatter, smash, splinter; micronize

³mill

noun

Definition of MILL

: a money of account equal to ¹⁄₁₀ cent

Origin of MILL

Latin mille thousand

First Known Use: 1786

Mill

biographical name \ˈmil\

Definition of MILL

James 1773–1836 Scot. philos., hist., & econ.

Mill

biographical name

Definition of MILL

John Stuart 1806–1873 son of James Eng. philos. & econ.