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Mill  (ml), James 1773-1836.

Scottish philosopher, economist, and a founder of utilitarianism. His works include An Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind (1829).

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mill ¹  (ml)

n.

1.

a. A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour or meal.

b. A device or mechanism that grinds grain.

2. A machine or device that reduces a solid or coarse substance into pulp or minute grains by crushing, grinding, or pressing: a pepper mill.

3. A machine that releases the juice of fruits and vegetables by pressing or grinding: a cider mill.

4.

a. A machine, such as one for stamping coins, that produces something by the repetition of a simple process.

b. A steel roller bearing a raised design, used for making a die or a printing plate by pressure.

c. Any of various machines for shaping, cutting, polishing, or dressing metal surfaces.

5.

a. A building or group of buildings equipped with machinery for processing raw materials into finished or industrial products: a textile mill; a steel mill.

b. A building or collection of buildings that has machinery for manufacture; a factory.

6. A process, agency, or institution that operates in a routine way or turns out products in the manner of a factory: The college was nothing more than a diploma mill.

7. A slow or laborious process: It took three years to get the bill through the legislative mill.

v. milled, mill·ing, mills

v.tr.

1. To grind, pulverize, or break down into smaller particles in a mill.

2. To transform or process mechanically in a mill.

3. To shape, polish, dress, or finish in a mill or with a milling tool.

4.

a. To produce a ridge around the edge of (a coin).

b. To groove or flute the rim of (a coin or other metal object).

5. To agitate or stir until foamy.

6. Western U.S. To cause (cattle) to move in a circle or tightening spiral in order to stop a stampede.

v.intr.

1. To move around in churning confusion: "A crowd of school children milled about on the curb looking scared" Anne Tyler.

2. Slang To fight with the fists; box.

3. To undergo milling.

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[Middle English milne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molna, molnum, from feminine and neuter of molnus, of a mill, from Latin mola, millstone, from molere, to grind; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

Regional Note: To mill, in Western U.S. English, means "to run cattle in a circle, sometimes deliberately in order to halt a stampede." In the Oxford English Dictionary we find this 19th-century example of the verb: "At last the cattle ran with less energy, and it was presently easy to 'mill' them into a circle and to turn them where it seemed most desirable" (Munsey's Magazine). This usage of mill comes from the resemblance of the cattle's circular motion to the action of millstones. A related intransitive sense of the verb is better known in Standard English, as shown in the Oxford English Dictionary citation of an 1888 quotation from Theodore Roosevelt: "The cattle may begin to run, and then get 'milling'-that is, all crowd together into a mass like a ball, wherein they move round and round." Originally this sense of mill also meant "circular motion"; now it means "to move around in churning confusion" with no pattern in particular.

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mill ²  (ml)

n. Abbr. M. or mi.

A monetary unit equal to ¹/₁₀₀₀ of a U.S. dollar or ¹/₁₀ of a cent.

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[Short for Latin mllsimus, thousandth; see mil¹.]

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mill

Noun

1. a building where grain is crushed and ground to make flour

2. a factory, esp. one which processes raw materials: a steel mill

3. any of various processing or manufacturing machines, esp. one that grinds, presses, or rolls

4. a small device for grinding solids: a pepper mill

5. go or be put through the mill to have an unpleasant experience or ordeal

Verb

1. to grind, press, or process in or as if in a mill

2. to groove or flute the edge of a coin

3. to move about in a confused manner: the corridor was full of people milling about [Latin molere to grind]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant assembly plant - a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product auto factory, automobile factory, car factory - a factory where automobiles are manufactured cannery - a factory where food is canned chemical plant - an industrial plant where chemicals are produced closed-circuit television - a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater) conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyor, conveyer, transporter - a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced lumbermill, sawmill - a mill for dressing logs and lumber paper mill - a mill where paper is manufactured industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" assembly line, production line, line - mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it shop floor - workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines; "the productive work is done on the shop floor" stamp mill, stamping mill - a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks - a factory where steel is made sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry textile mill - a factory for making textiles uptime - a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use
	2.	Mill - Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836) James Mill
	3.	Mill - English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873) John Mill, John Stuart Mill
	4.	mill - machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing milling machinery, grinder cider mill - mill that extracts juice from apples to make apple cider coffee grinder, coffee mill - a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans flour mill - a mill for grinding grain into flour gristmill - a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain) machinery - machines or machine systems collectively meat grinder - a mill for grinding meat pepper grinder, pepper mill - a mill for grinding pepper quern - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand spicemill - a mill for grinding spices tread-wheel, treadwheel, treadmill - a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps water mill - a mill powered by a water wheel windmill - a mill that is powered by the wind
	5.	mill - the act of grinding to a powder or dust pulverisation, pulverization, grind compaction, crunch, crush - the act of crushing
Verb	1.	mill - move about in a confused manner mill about, mill around move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	mill - grind with a mill; "mill grain" comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
	3.	mill - produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin" groove - make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record"
	4.	mill - roll out (metal) with a rolling machine roll out, roll - flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"

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mill

noun 1. grinder, crusher, quern

noun 2. factory, works, shop, plant, workshop, foundry

verb 3. grind, pound, press, crush, powder, grate, pulverize, granulate, comminute

mill about or around swarm, crowd, stream, surge, seethe, throng

Translations

mill [mɪl] n (= windmill etc) → molino (= coffee mill); molinillo;

(factory) → fábrica (= spinning mill); hilandería

vt → moler

vi (also: mill about) → arremolinarse

mill [mɪl] n → moulin m (= factory); usine f, fabrique f (= spinning mill); filature f (= flour mill); minoterie f (= steel mill); aciérie f

vt → moudre, broyer

vi (also: mill about) → grouiller

mill [mɪl] n → Mühle f;

(factory) → Fabrik f;

(woollen mill) → Spinnerei f

vt → mahlen

vi (also: mill about) → umherlaufen

mill [mɪl] n → mulino;

(small) (for coffee, pepper etc) → macinino;

(factory) → fabbrica (= spinning mill); filatura

vt → macinare

vi (also: mill about) → formicolare

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mill

n mill [mil]

1 a machine, sometimes now electrical, for grinding coffee, pepper etc by crushing it between rough, hard surfaces a coffee-mill; a pepper-mill. meul مَطْحَنَه мелничка mlýnek mølle; -mølle; kværn; -kværn die Mühle μύλος molinillo veski اسیاب کردن mylly moulin מַטחֵנָה मिल mlin daráló, őrlő gilingan kvörn mulino 製粉機 분쇄기 malamoji mašinėlė, malūnėlis dzirnaviņas pengisar molen kvern młynek moinho râşniţă ручная мельница mlynček mlinček mlin kvarn เครื่องโม่ değirmen 碾磨机 млин چکّی، پیسنے کی مشین máy xay 碾磨机

2 a building where grain is ground The farmer took his corn to the mill. meul مَطْحَنَه мелница mlýn mølle die Mühle μύλος molino veski اسیاب mylly minoterie טַחֲנַה चक्की spremište malom penggilingan (korn)mylla mulino 製粉所 제분소 malūnas dzirnavas kilang molen mølle młyn moinho moară мельница mlyn mlin mlin kvarn โรงสี değirmen 面粉厂 млин غلہ پیسنے کا کارخانہ nhà máy xay 面粉厂

3 a building where certain types of things are manufactured A woollen-mill; a steel-mill. meul مَعْمَل фабрика továrna; přádelna -mølle das Werk εργοστάσιο fábrica vabrik نورد tehdas fabrique טַחֲנַת - मिल, कारख़ाना, चक्कीघर, अनाज पीसने का स्थान tvornica gyár pabrik verksmiðja fabbrica, stabilimento 工場 공장 fabrikas, gamykla fabrika kilang fabriek spinneri, –verk, –mølle fabryka oficina fabrică фабрика továreň tovarna fabrika fabrik, -verk, -bruk โรงงานผลิตสินค้า fabrika 工厂 фабрика; завод کوئی کارخانہ nhà máy 工厂

v

1 to grind or press This flour was milled locally. maal يَطْحَن меля mlít kværne; male mahlen αλέθω moler jahvatama نورد کردن jauhaa moudre לִטחוֹן पीसना mljeti őröl menggiling mala macinare 製粉する 제분기에 갈다 (su)malti []malt mengisar malen male, knuse; valse; stampe (ze)mleć moer a măcina молоть mlieť mleti mleti mala บด öğütmek, çekmek 碾磨 молоти پیسنا، چکّی پیسنا nghiền 碾磨

2 (usually with about or around) (of crowds) to move about in a disorganized way There's a huge crowd of people milling around outside. rondmaal يَتَحَرَّك بِدون نِظام въртя се hemžit se; motat se (kolem) myldre omkring herumlaufen στριφογυρνώ arremolinarse, apiñarse sõeluma کارخانه tungeksia grouiller autour לְהִתרוֹצֵץ भीड़ इत्यादि जो असंगठित रूप से गतिशील हो kretati se u krugu kavarog berkeliaran vafra, eigra um (girare in tondo) 動き回る 떼를 지어 몰려 다니다 sukiotis, šlaistytis klimst []; slaistīties [] berlegar-legar krioelen vandre rundt omkring falować agitar-se a merge încolo şi încoace толпиться hemžiť sa gnesti se kružiti gå (trampa, irra) omkring เคลื่อนย้ายไปอย่างไร้เป้าหมาย (ปกติเป็นกลุ่มใหญ่) dolanıp durmak 成群地亂轉 кружляти بھیڑ میں ایک دوسرے سے ٹکراتے پھرنا hỗn loạn 成群地乱转

n ˈmiller

a person who works a grain mill. meulenaar طَحّان، صاحِب مَطْحَنَه мелничар mlynář, -ka møller der Müller μυλωνάς molinero mölder اسیابان mylläri meunier/-ère טוֹחֶן मिल मालिक mlinar molnár penggiling malari mugnaio 製粉業者 방앗간 주인, 제분업자 malūnininkas dzirnavnieks pengilang molenaar møller młynarz moleiro morar мельник mlynár, -ka mlinar mlinar mjölnare ผู้เป็นเจ้าของโรงโม่ değirmenci 磨坊工人 мірошник غلہ پیسنے والا chủ cối xay 磨坊工人

n ˈmillstone

1 one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain. meulsteen رَحى، حَجَر الرَّحى воденичен камък mlýnský kámen møllesten der Mühlstein μυλόπετρα piedra de molino veskikivi سنگ اسیاب myllynkivi meule אֶבֶן-רֵיחַייִם चक्की का पत्थर mlinski kamen, žrvanj malomkő batu gilingan myllu-/kvarnarsteinn macina, mola 石うす 맷돌 girnapusė, girna dzirnakmens batu pengisar molensteen mølle-/kvernstein kamień młyński mó piatră de moară жёрнов mlynský kameň mlinski kamen vodenični kamen kvarnsten แผ่นหินกลมหนาของโม่หิน değirmen taşı 磨石 жорно چکّی کے دونوں پاٹوں میں سے کوئی đá cối xay 磨石

2 (usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck. meulsteen عِبء ثَقيل тежък товар mlýnský kámen na krku en møllesten; en klods om benet der Mühlstein βάρος, φορτίο carga enorme raske koorem صخره raskas taakka boulet אֶבֶן-רֵיחַייִם עַל צַווַאר- भारी बोझ या जिम्मेदारी oslonac nyűg beban berat þung byrði (palla al piede) 重荷 굴레, 짐 akmuo po kaklu, kas ant sprando sëdi smaga nasta, akmens kaklā beban berat molensteen klamp om foten kamień młyński fardo pia­tră de moară, povară камень на (чьей-л.) шее mlynský kameň (na krku) kamen kamen o vratu en kvarnsten om ngns hals, en black om foten för ngn ภาระ yük, çile 重擔 тягар بھاری ذمّہ داری یا بوجھ gánh nặng 重担

n ˈmillwheel

a wheel that provides power to a mill as it turns. meulwiel دولاب الطّاحون воденично колело mlýnské kolo møllehjul das Mühlenrad τροχός μύλου rueda de molino veskiratas چرخ اب roue de moulin גַלגַל הָנָעַה चक्की का पहिया mlinsko kolo malomkerék roda kincir air ruota del mulino 水車の輪 malūno ratas dzirnavu rats roda kincir air molenrad kvernhjul, møllehjul koło młyńskie мельничное колесо mlynské koleso mlinsko kolo vodenički točak kvarnhjul ล้อหมุนผลิตพลังงานให้เึครื่องโม่ değirmen çarkı 碾輪 млинове колесо کارخانے کا پہیا جو توانائی مہیا کرتا ہے bánh xe cối xay 碾轮