mills

/mɪlz/

IPA: /M IH1 L Z/

noun

1
A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
“Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.”
2
The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
“My grandfather worked in a mill.”
3
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.
“a cider mill; a cane mill”
4
A machine for grinding and polishing.
“a lapidary mill”
5
The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
6
A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
“a steel mill”
7
A building housing such a plant.
8
An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.
9
An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
10
An engine.
11
A boxing match, fistfight.
12
(die sinking) 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.
13
An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
14
A passage underground through which ore is shot.
15
A milling cutter.
16
A treadmill.
17
A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.

Synonyms

verb

1
To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
“to mill flour”
2
To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
3
To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
4
(followed by around, about, etc.) 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.”
5
To cause to mill, or circle around.
“to mill cattle”
6
(of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
7
(of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
8
To beat; to pound.
9
To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
10
To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
11
To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
12
To undergo hulling.
“This maize mills well.”
13
To take part in a fistfight; to box.
14
To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
15
(thieves' cant) To commit burglary.