mill

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English mille, Old English mylen.

Noun[edit]

mill (plural mills)

  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 manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
    A steel mill.
  4. A building housing such a plant.
  5. An establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely, such as a divorce mill, etc.
  6. (informal) an engine
  7. (informal) a boxing match, fistfight
    1914, Edgar Rice Burrows, The Mucker[1], edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
    The name of the "white hope" against whom Billy was to go was sufficient to draw a fair house, and there were some there who had seen Billy in other fights and looked for a good mill.
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Derived terms
Translations[edit]
grinding apparatus
building housing a grinding apparatus
manufacturing plant
building
establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely
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Etymology 2[edit]

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Ultimately from Latin millesimum.

Noun[edit]

Missouri mill token.

mill (plural mills)

  1. An obsolete coin with value one-thousandth of a dollar, or one-tenth of a cent.
  2. One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
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Translations[edit]
coin

Etymology 3[edit]

From the noun mill

Verb[edit]

mill (third-person singular simple present mills, present participle milling, simple past and past participle milled)

  1. (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
    to mill flour
  2. (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
  3. (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
  4. (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.
  5. (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
Synonyms[edit]
  • (move about in an aimless fashion): roam, wander
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
grind or process using a mill or other machine
shape, polish, etc, using a machine
engrave groove around the edge of
move about in an aimless fashion

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *mis-lo (regular sl > Alb. /ll/), from Proto-Indo-European *mois 'sheep, hide; leatherwork'. Compare Old High German meisa (“baggage”), Bulgarian mucha (“tube”).

Noun[edit]

mill m (indefinite plural mije, definite singular milli, definite plural mijet)

  1. sheath
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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin milium.

Noun[edit]

mill m (plural mills)

  1. millet

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [mʲiːlʲ] or [mʲɪlʲ]

Verb[edit]

mill (present analytic milleann, future analytic millfidh, verbal noun milleadh, past participle millte)

  1. To spoil

Conjugation[edit]

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present millim milleann tú;
millir†		 milleann sé, sí millimid milleann sibh milleann siad;
millid†		 a mhilleann;
a mhilleas		 milltear
past mhill mé;
mhilleas		 mhill tú;
mhillis		 mhill sé, sí mhilleamar;
mhill muid		 mhill sibh;
mhilleabhair		 mhill siad;
mhilleadar		 a mhill milleadh
past habitual mhillinn mhillteá mhilleadh sé, sí mhillimis;
mhilleadh muid		 mhilleadh sibh mhillidís;
mhilleadh siad		 a mhilleadh mhilltí
future millfidh mé;
millfead		 millfidh tú;
millfir†		 millfidh sé, sí millfimid;
millfidh muid		 millfidh sibh millfidh siad;
millfid†		 a mhillfidh;
a mhillfeas		 millfear
conditional mhillfinn mhillfeá mhillfeadh sé, sí mhillfimis;
mhillfeadh muid		 mhillfeadh sibh mhillfidís;
mhillfeadh siad		 a mhillfeadh mhillfí
subjunctive present go mille mé;
go millead†		 go mille tú;
go millir†		 go mille sé, sí go millimid;
go mille muid		 go mille sibh go mille siad;
go millid†		 — go milltear
past dá millinn dá millteá dá milleadh sé, sí dá millimis;
dá milleadh muid		 dá milleadh sibh dá millidís;
dá milleadh siad		 — dá milltí
imperative millim mill milleadh sé, sí millimis milligí;
millidh†		 millidís — milltear
verbal noun milleadh
past participle millte

† Dialect form

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mill mhill unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish mil.

Noun[edit]

mill m (genitive molley, plural millyn)

  1. honey

Mutation[edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mill vill unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /miːʎ/

Verb[edit]

mill (verbal noun milleadh)

  1. destroy, spoil, ruin

Noun[edit]

mill m

  1. genitive singular form of meall
  2. Plural form of meall

Wiradhuri[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

mill

  1. (anatomy) eye
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