MILL (ABOUT OR AROUND) Synonyms: 28 Similar Words

mill (about or around)

verb

Definition of mill (about or around)

as in to knock (about)

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Similarly, experiments that Sanchez-Lavega and his colleagues performed with computer simulations of currents in shallow water suggest the decagon formed because of a meandering wave trapped by a curving atmospheric jet.

— Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
As befits the title, Solnit offers meandering meditations on exploration, art, and family history.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of meander

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About an hour later, the hikers called the sheriff’s office for directions but eventually wandered off the Clear Creek Route and into Mud Creek Canyon.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Outside, addicts wander peg-legged in the pulverizing triple-digit late summer heat, past attorneys in cream sport coats and copper-red ties.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of wander

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James roves among the attackers’ perspectives before and during the event, his experimental style, psychological acuity, and ragged lyricism on display.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The latest flagship telescope in NASA's fleet, the Roman telescope is meant to rove the cosmos nearly 1 million miles away while working in concert with iconic observatories like the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of rove

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If there had been a Season 2, Uziel was already kicking around some ideas.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Every single night, through that winter, spring and summer, Caldwell and Rothstein kicked around potential game situations and ideas for how to approach them.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of kick around

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But Jon Hamm, strolling up to present the next award, got the better joke in.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
The setting is contemporary Paris in crisis, when civil unrest, rather amorphously presented apart from increasing numbers of military on the streets, makes evening strolls potentially problematic.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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