mill

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[edit] Noun

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.
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grinding apparatus
building housing a grinding apparatus
manufacturing plant
building
establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely
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Ultimately from Latin millesimum.

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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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(one thousandth part):

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coin

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From the noun mill

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

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mill m. (plural mills)

  1. millet

[edit] Irish

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  • IPA: [mʲiːlʲ] or [mʲɪlʲ]

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mill

  1. To spoil

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First Conjugation (A)
singular plural autonomous
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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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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From Old Irish mil.

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mill m. (genitive molley, plural millyn)

  1. honey

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  • IPA: /miːʎ/

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mill (present participle form milleadh)

  1. to destroy, spoil, ruin

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mill m.

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

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mill

  1. eye
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