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TOEFL BNC: 2128 COCA: 4439

mill

1 mill /ˈmɪl/ noun
plural mills
1 mill
/ˈmɪl/
noun
plural mills
Learner's definition of MILL
[count]
: a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour磨坊;面粉厂
: a machine for grinding grain磨面机
: a small machine for grinding or crushing pepper, coffee, etc.(胡椒、咖啡等的)磨粉机,研磨器
: a building in which a particular product is made : factory工厂;制造厂
see also sawmill
: something that is compared to a factory because it produces things in large numbers or in a mechanical way工厂(指滥造或大量制造某物之地)

grist for/to your/the mill

see grist

through the mill

chiefly British
: through a very difficult experience经历困境
2 mill /ˈmɪl/ verb
mills; milled; milling
2 mill
/ˈmɪl/
verb
mills; milled; milling
Learner's definition of MILL
[+ object] : to produce (something) in a mill especially by grinding, crushing, or cutting it碾磨;磨成粉
[no object] of a group of people : to walk around in a general area without any particular aim or purpose(一大群人)闲逛,转悠
usually + around or (chiefly Brit) about
3 mill
3 mill
Learner's definition of MILL
variant spelling of mil
TOEFL BNC: 2128 COCA: 4439

mill

1 of 4

noun (1)

1
: a building provided with machinery for processing and especially for grinding grain into flour
2
a
: a machine or apparatus for grinding grain
b
: a device or machine for reducing something (as by crushing or grinding) to small pieces or particles
a pepper mill
c
: a machine for hulling grain kernels (as of rice, oats, or spelt)
3
: a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing
a paper mill
steel mills
4
: a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action
5
a
: a machine formerly used for stamping coins
b
: a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding
a cider mill
6
7
a
: a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine
Pacquiao has filed about a dozen bills as congressman but none has passed any of the committees they have been referred to, the first hurdle in the legislative mill. Oliver Teves
b
: one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers
a diploma mill
a rumor mill
8
: a difficult and often educational experience
used in the phrase through the mill
9
: the engine of an automobile or boat

mill

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verb

milled; milling; mills

transitive verb

1
: to subject to an operation or process in a mill: such as
a
: to grind into flour, meal, or powder
milling wheat
b
: to remove the outer layers of (seed kernels) : to subject to hulling
milling rice to remove the husk and bran layers
c
: to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter
d
: to mix and condition (something, such as rubber) by passing between rotating rolls
2
: to give a raised rim or a ridged or corrugated edge to (a coin)
3
: to cut grooves in the metal surface of (something, such as a knob)

intransitive verb

1
a
: to move about in a disorderly or aimless fashion
a crowd milling about outside the theater exit
b
of cattle : to move about in a circling mass
2
: to hit out with the fists
3
: to undergo milling
seed too wet to mill properly

mill

3 of 4

noun (2)

variant spelling of mil entry 2

slang
: a million dollars

mill

4 of 4

noun (3)

: a money of account equal to ¹/₁₀ cent

Example Sentences

Verb The crowd was milling outside the exit. a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, molinum, from feminine and neuter of molinus of a mill, of a millstone, from Latin mola mill, millstone; akin to Latin molere to grind — more at meal

Noun (3)

Latin mille thousand

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1511, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (3)

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mill was before the 12th century
TOEFL BNC: 2128 COCA: 4439
mill

noun¹

1for making flour, etc.製麪粉ADJECTIVE | VERB + MILL | MILL + VERB | MILL + NOUN ADJECTIVEcorn, flour, grain面麪機;穀物磨粉機water (usually watermill) 水磨;水力磨粉機VERB + MILLoperate操作磨粉機convert, restore (both especially BrE) 改造/整修磨坊The mill has been converted into apartments.磨坊已經被改建成公寓了。We were living in a converted watermill.那段時間我們一直住在一座改建過的水磨磨坊裏。power給磨粉機提供動力The river was harnessed to power the mill.這條河被用來為磨坊提供動力。MILL + VERBgrind sth磨粉機碾磨⋯The mill can be seen grinding wheat.能看見磨粉機在碾磨小麥。MILL + NOUNstone (usually millstone) , wheel磨石;(磨坊的)水車輪
mill

noun²

2factory工廠ADJECTIVE | VERB + MILL | MILL + VERB | MILL + NOUN ADJECTIVEcotton, feed, jute, lumber, paper, pulp, steel, sugar, textile, woollen/woolen棉紡廠;飼料加工廠;麻紡廠;木材廠;造紙廠;紙漿廠;煉鋼廠;糖廠;紡織廠;毛紡廠VERB + MILLoperate, own, run經營/擁有/管理工廠work in在工廠工作MILL + VERBproduce sth工廠生產⋯MILL + NOUNtown工業城鎮a northern mill town北方的一個工業城鎮buildings廠房hand, worker工廠工人owner工廠主

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