Sekirov Dictionary

mill

/mɪl/

noun 27
verb 17
forms 3
phrases 9

noun27

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a building with machines that make flour, or one where similar machines are used to make other goods
- My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.
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A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.
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The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.
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A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
A machine for grinding and polishing.
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(figurative) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?
- Getting the book through the editorial mill could take months.
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(figurative) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?
One thousandth part.
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One thousandth of a US dollar, one-hundredth of a dime or one-tenth of a cent.
- The U.S. has never minted a mill coin, but the Coinage Act of 1792 describes this and other subdivisions of the U.S. dollar.
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One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- They predict that the rate will probably go up by several mills next year.
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(informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter.
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A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.
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(informal) An engine.
- Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads.
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A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- Great for mill, control, or even Voltron decks, Mnemonic Betrayal is a fantastic addition regardless of your strategy. — 2018
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Discarding a card from one's deck.
- he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas — 2018
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A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.
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(historical) A prison treadmill.
- They kept us in line by threatening to put us on the mill twice as long if we complained.
A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
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(US, slang) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- He spent some time in the mill after that escapade.
A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
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An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill.
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A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- The geologists were responsible for keeping the work within the mill.
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A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- In other words, get a mill in your operating position by hook or crook and use it regularly. At the N.C.R. Radio Schools touch typing is taught at the same time code proficiency is advanced. — 1941
(slang) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
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(informal, no longer used) A boxing match or fistfight.
- They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in.

verb17

To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
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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.
To cause to mill, or circle around.
To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
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To undergo hulling.
- This maize mills well.
To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
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To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- what happens when a Quest Rogue uses Vanish and Malygos gets milled? — 2018
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(slang) To beat; to pound.
- […]he had “milled” a policeman — 1861
(slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
To swim suddenly in a new direction.
To swim underwater.
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(UK, no longer used) To commit burglary.
- Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you. — 1611

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milled · milling · mills

Phrases with mill

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