mill

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.5 References 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Irish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 3.2.1 Inflection 3.2.2 Mutation 4 Manx 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Scottish Gaelic 5.1 Verb 5.2 Noun 6 Wiradhuri 6.1 Alternative spellings 6.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭl, IPA: /mɪl/, SAMPA: /mIl/
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• Rhymes: -ɪl

[edit] Homophones

• mil

[edit] Etymology 1

• Middle English mille, Old English mylen

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mill (plural mills)

1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
2. The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
3. A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
4. A building housing such a plant.
5. An establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely, such as a divorce mill, etc.

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• (plant, building): factory, works

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• all grist to one’s mill
• miller
• millhouse
• milling
• millstone
• paper mill
• run-of-the-mill
• rumor mill, rumour mill
• steel mill
• windmill

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[edit] Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin millesimum

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mill (plural mills)

1. An obsolete coin with value one-thousandth of a dollar, or one-tenth of a cent.

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[edit] Etymology 3

From the noun mill

[edit] Verb

to 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.

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• (move about in an aimless fashion): roam, wander

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[edit] References

• mill in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• mill in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

Latin milium

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mill

1. millet

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [mʲiːlʲ] or [mʲɪlʲ]

[edit] Verb

mill

1. To spoil

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[edit] Mutation

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.

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[edit] Manx

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish mil.

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mill (genitive molley)

1. honey

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

mill (present participle form milleadh)

1. to destroy, spoil, ruin

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mill m.

1. Genitive of meall.
2. Plural of meall.

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[edit] Wiradhuri

[edit] Alternative spellings

• mil

[edit] Noun

mill

1. eye