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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Verb

Woody is prone to meandering and hippy-dippy monologues, as a weed-loving anarchist.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Together, these meandering megastructures form the most dramatic contribution to the city’s cultural landscape in more than a decade.

— Sam Lubell, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of meander

Verb

Aerial footage on Sunday showed a bomb disposal robot roaming between the vans in woods near the base.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
The agency would also create standards covering sandbox testing environments; air gaps, or isolating testing environments from the internet; kill switches; and controls that prevent models from escaping lab settings and roaming on the Internet.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of roam

Verb

At the top of Sleeping Giant, there have been reported of a man dressed in all black wandering the grounds near where the castle is.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Any proton that wasn’t lucky enough to partner up probably remained single for millennia, and might even be wandering the universe alone today.

— Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of wander

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Wrapped in a tough, drop-proof fabric shell that floats and shrugs off water, it is engineered to survive real-world chaos.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
The project will combine an electric workboat, a 40-kilowatt fast charger, and a mobile floating energy storage system called ChargeBarge.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of float

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The lawsuit also sought to block roving patrols making stops and arrests based solely on race, language and occupation, and to protect access to counsel rights for people in detention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Sally knocks Ian out with a blunt object, and the sisters go roving through the overgrown woods separating them from Lockland Manor.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of rove

Verb

Jac Schaeffer, that show's creator, was scheduled to helm this follow-up as well before bowing out of the Marvel machine, and VisionQuest has been kicking around in development for a bit.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
If there had been a Season 2, Uziel was already kicking around some ideas.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of kick around

Verb

Over the course of Next Gen NYC’s season, which ended this past week, the model Ava Dash grabs a slice of pizza on Fulton Street; strolls through the Seaport; and calls her father, the hip-hop mogul Damon Dash, from a bench at Pier 17.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
What to do nearby Step directly onto Ocean Drive to explore the surrounding Art Deco Historic District, or stroll across the street into Lummus Park for a seaside walk.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of stroll

Verb

Adults, Yoshida says, drift away from a child’s heart as their perspective rises, and end up depicting their idea of what a child should be.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
In my experience, many corporate teams drift between sympathetic over-activation (burnout) and dorsal shutdown (disengagement).

— Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of drift

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