mill
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Noun
mill (plural mills)
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
- Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
- My grandfather worked in a mill.
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
- A steel mill.
- A building housing such a plant.
- An establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely, such as a divorce mill, etc.
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Derived terms
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grinding apparatus
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building housing a grinding apparatus
manufacturing plant
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building
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establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely
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[edit] Etymology 2
Ultimately from Latin millesimum.
[edit] Noun
Missouri mill token.
mill (plural mills)
- An obsolete coin with value one-thousandth of a dollar, or one-tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
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(one thousandth part):
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coin
[edit] Etymology 3
From the noun mill
[edit] Verb
mill (third-person singular simple present mills, present participle milling, simple past and past participle milled)
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- to mill flour
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (intransitive) (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.
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grind or process using a mill or other machine
shape, polish, etc, using a machine
move about in an aimless fashion
[edit] References
- mill in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- mill in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] External links
Mill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mill in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
[edit] Catalan
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Latin milium
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mill m. (plural mills)
[edit] Irish
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- IPA: [mʲiːlʲ] or [mʲɪlʲ]
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mill
- To spoil
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First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | autonomous | |||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | millim | milleann tú; millir† |
milleann sé, sí | millimid | milleann sibh | milleann siad; millid† |
milltear | |
| past | mhill mé; mhilleas† |
mhill tú; mhillis† |
mhill sé, sí | mhilleamar | mhill sibh; mhilleabhair† |
mhill siad; mhilleadar† |
milleadh | ||
| future | millfidh mé; millfead† |
millfidh tú; millfir† |
millfidh sé, sí | millfimid; millfeam† |
millfidh sibh | millfidh siad; millfid† |
millfear | ||
| past habitual | mhillinn | mhillteá | mhilleadh sé, sí | mhillimis | mhilleadh sibh | mhillidís | mhilltí | ||
| imperative | millim | mill | milleadh sé, sí | millimis | milligí | millidís | milltear | ||
| conditional | mhillfinn | mhillfeá | mhillfeadh sé, sí | mhillfimis | mhillfeadh sibh | mhillfidís | mhillfí | ||
| subjunctive | present | mille mé; millead† |
mille tú; millir† |
mille sé, sí | millimid | mille sibh | mille siad; millid† |
milltear | |
| past | millinn | millteá | milleadh sé, sí | millimis | milleadh sibh | millidís | milltí | ||
| verbal noun | milleadh | ||||||||
| past participle | millte | ||||||||
† Dialect form
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| mill | mhill | unchanged | |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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[edit] Manx
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From Old Irish mil.
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mill m. (genitive molley, plural millyn)
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- IPA: /miːʎ/
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mill (present participle form milleadh)
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mill m.
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mill
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