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mill en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [mɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • /mɪl/
  • [mɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [mɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • mĭl

Etymology

From Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname). Doublet of moline, moulin, and blin.

Meanings

  1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
    • Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.
  2. The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
    • My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.
    • […] for the Townsfolk will go to thy mill, and grind their corn […] at their own good pleasure; nor can I hinder them, since they are free men. 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XV, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk), page 112:
    • On Sept. 9 a boiler exploded in Hanke's flouring mill, […] 1880 January 1, The Locomotive, volume 1, number 1, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection And Insurance Company, page 9:
    • Under the reorganization the branch mill was designated as Dah Sun Mill No. 2. In subsequent years Chang Chien had ambitious plans for further expansion. Eventually four Dah Sun mills were established, two in Nan-t'ung and one each in Ch'ung-ming and Hai-men, although plans for the founding of mills in Ju-kao, Tung-t'ai, Yen-ch'eng, and elsewhere in Kiangsu were never realized. 1965, Samuel C. Chu, Reformer in Mondern China Chang Chien, 1853-1926, Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:
    • That first batch of yarn set the pattern for Knudsen Knits: Farah seeks out local wool growers, selects fleeces, and works with small local mills to produce yarn. 2026, Sandi Rosner, “Knudsen Knits: Sourcing & Milling Local Heritage-Breed Wool”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 39:
  3. A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
    • a cider mill; a cane mill
  4. A machine for grinding and polishing.
    • a lapidary mill
  5. A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
    • Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.
  6. A milling cutter used on such a machine.
    • After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.
  7. A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
    • Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.
  8. The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
    • My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.
  9. (derogatory, figuratively, usually) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
    • Getting the book through the editorial mill could take months.
    • Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?
  10. (derogatory, figuratively) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
    • Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?
  11. (informal) An engine.
    • Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads.
  12. (archaic, informal) A boxing match or fistfight.
    • They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in.
    • 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. 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
    • […] he is relieved from present responsibility to the Chicken, by the absence of that game head of poultry in the country, training (at Toots's cost) for his great mill with the Larkey Boy. 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
    • The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress. 1902 October 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 5, column 6:
  13. (qualifier:die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
  14. An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
    • They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill.
  15. A passage underground through which ore is shot.
    • The geologists were responsible for keeping the work within the mill.
    • Near-synonym: country
  16. The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
  17. (historical) A prison treadmill.
    • They kept us in line by threatening to put us on the mill twice as long if we complained.
    • Next morning they put me on the treadmill along with the others: At first, not knowing how to dance it, I cut all my shin with the steps; they did not flog me then — […] They keep on putting her on the mill for a week, and flog her every time […] 1837, James Williams, A Narrative of Events Since the First of August, 1834, page 9:
  18. (US, World-War-I, qualifier:World War II, slang) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
    • He spent some time in the mill after that escapade.
  19. (World-War-I, qualifier:World War II, slang) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
  20. (qualifier:CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
    • In other words, get a mill in your operating position by hook or crook and use it regularly. At the N.C.R. Radio Schools touch typing is taught at the same time code proficiency is advanced. 1941, QST, volume 25, numbers 2–6, page 90:
    • You can read it all right, but the pencil seems to be getting a little sluggish — better make a grab for a "mill." 1986, Ham Radio Magazine, volume 19, page 66:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
miln alternative, obsolete lexicographic
mills Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

die

Deriveds (first 500 of 598)

flourmill · Massies Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Luthers Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Gravois Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Glebe Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Yonge Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · pecker mill · Davis Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Cooks Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · gossip-mill · wip mill · Bumpus Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Jones Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Steeves Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Advance Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Little Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Muses Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Conquerall Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · feed mill · Mississippi Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · mill hunky · rumour mill · stamp mill · Mill Village (in toponyms of Canada) · Holmes Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Yeakle Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · millboard · Bellamys Mill (in toponyms of Canada) · Kemp Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · run o' the mill · shaving mill · hammermill · Mill Park · Star Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Grey Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Morse Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · rumor mill · Eureka Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Carrier Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Orange Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Heath Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millsite · Maples Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Allens Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Dunn Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Smith Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Vernon Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · light mill · Summit Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Woodhouse Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Rolands Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Doolittle Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · water to one's mill · gossip mill · Turners Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · York Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · mill stream · Halls Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Fuhrmans Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · tide mill · mill-wand · chopping mill · micromill · Crockett Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Ednas Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Harmony Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Batemans Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Moshers Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · mill drill · Bay du Vin Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Hope Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · McPhersons Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Potomac Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millrace · Horning's Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Mississippi Mills · bark mill · flour mill · Coates Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Guys Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Peola Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · pepper mill · Coles Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · mouse mill · Highland Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Don Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · millstone · Anten Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Duncan Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · blowing mill · Mill Spring (in toponyms of the United States) · Baptist Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Midway Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Georges Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · edge mill · Byrnes Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Portland Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · flint mill · Monroe Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Hurdle Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Madison Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Shirley Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · trouble at t'mill · satanic mill · oil mill · threadmill · Spring Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Mill Creek (in toponyms of the United States) · Browns Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · mill tooth · milldust · Hurricane Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Moiles Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Wallace Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Whites Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Deer's Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Marstons Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · stacks on the mill · Marquand Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Weeks Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Porter's Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millstead · Sni Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Jersey Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Fords Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Mill Bridge (in toponyms of the United States) · McKees Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · pilger mill · Smiths Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Banner Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Delhi Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · roll mill · Temple Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · wind mill · Weston Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · millwheel · Balls Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · lumbermill · Fickling Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · rolling mill · waulkmill · Milford · Trenton Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · prayer mill · every miller draws water to his own mill · Huntington Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · winnowing mill · gin mill · Salisbury Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · post mill · Patten Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Kings Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Sirons Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Potters Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Links Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Pulleys Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Smyrna Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Union Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · grist to the mill · Martin Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · mill wheel · Loddes Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · powdermill · Egypt Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · mill course · Mill Hill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Ashby Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Pleasant Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · through the mill · waukmill · mill head · Red Oaks Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · miller · windmill · millwright · food mill · Pelletiers Mill (in toponyms of Canada) · Buffalo Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · grist for the mill · Gilmore Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Becks Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · French Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Blairs Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · coffee-mill · mill bar · Bardon Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · jar mill · Mill Creek (in toponyms of Canada) · mill-turn · Steam Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · accreditation mill · Old Mill Creek (in toponyms of the United States) · Nash Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Teeds Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · London Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Mono Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Lusks Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Strodes Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Etna Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millful · Falls Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Sheppards Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Milledgeville · Lancaster Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Edys Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Birge Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · minimill · McGees Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Goods Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · sugar-mill · Stone Mills · Old Mill · Meyers Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Milford Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Levick Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Monarch Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · rice mill · Emery Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Mountain Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Fine Creek Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Scalby Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Woods Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Eden Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · paper mill · pug mill · Pounding Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Prices Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Rock Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Cooks Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Fowlies Mill (in toponyms of Canada) · Bay Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · degree mill · Milton Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Arnco Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Woodland Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · whinmill · Stony Creek Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millhouse · Felts Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Conns Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Spring Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Algoma Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Davis Mill (in toponyms of Canada) · mill rate · Howell Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Balmoral Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Medicaid mill · raw mill · Hoover Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Charter Oak Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Oxford Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · mill moth · Riding Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · slitting mill · Gates Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Repton Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Clark Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · pill mill · Imperial Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Bonenyville Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Harrison Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Union Mills · Newton Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Stone Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Erin Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Mill Settlement (in toponyms of Canada) · Troy Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Ellicott's Mills · gig-mill · Sheffield Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Lewis Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Knox Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · handmill · Singletons Mill · Guinea Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Watts Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · cotton mill · Lecontes Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Roses Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Dalhousie Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · McDonalds Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Oxford Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Beards Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Bennetts Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Reedy Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Belvidere Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · lead mill · Putneys Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Grays Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · pulp mill · run-of-the-mill · Kyles Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Klines Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · gold mill · Rhea's Mill · Fort Kent Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Hasslers Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Blodget Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millrind · Barrs Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Adams Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · essay mill · Dixons Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Bowens Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · millhand · ordination mill · Pine Grove Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · New York Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · mill pick · fulling mill · Scioto Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · fanning mill · puppy mill · Foster Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Kemps Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · millworker · Garretts Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Barre Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Killams Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · sugar mill · Gays Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · content mill · millocracy · Milltown (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Fletcher Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Cails Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · sawmill · catmill · Taylor Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Hahns Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · kitten mill · Marion Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · mill-sixpence · Bells Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Union Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millocrat · Chilean mill · Todds Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Scotts Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Peters Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Trents Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Howes Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · millowner · Greenfield Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · slitting mill · Laniers Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Cagle Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · wind-mill · Ridings Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · praying mill · Millbank (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Lords Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · walk-mill · millpool · Baileys Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · diagnosis mill · endmill · Mill Cove (in toponyms of Canada) · Detters Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · White Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · born in a mill · Kremlin Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Wythop Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · roughing mill · Mill Road (in toponyms of Canada) · Forest Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Hopewell Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · lapidary's mill · cat mill · Longford Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Lawthorne Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Vales Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Tunis Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Lueck Mill (in toponyms of Canada) · gristmill · Star Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · mill dam · mill fever · Slitting Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Eakles Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · coffee mill · jill-mill · Waterford Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Parkins Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · pebble mill · Pond Creek Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Stone Quarry Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Newmill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · mill tail · Pen Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Eagle Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Moscow Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Burlington Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Edna Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · pin mill · milling · Stony Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Wynns Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Cedar Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Jewetts Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Anthonies Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Motleys Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Armstrong Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · author mill · Yancy Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Ruddels Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · gastric mill · Sea Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Tay Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Twymans Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Tide Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Georges Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Hampshire Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · La Rue Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Lusby's Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Henrys Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Shelors Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · spider mill · Browns Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Lockharts Mill (in toponyms of Canada) · Hudson Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · ant mill · German Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · run of the mill · Fort Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Weston Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · stamping mill · pugmill · Millstone · Eldridge Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · mill cinder · Carpenter's Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Mill End (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Solon Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Berry Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Linton Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Walthall Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Lake Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Herron's Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · powder mill · Atkinson Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Harrison Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Dawn Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Elk Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Littlemill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Travis Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Millward · Rock Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Walker Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Withers Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Allan Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · millrat · Barcombe Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Hempstock Mill (in toponyms of Canada) · mill race · Shack Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Bowers Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Union Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Marsh Mills (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · no mill, no meal · millpond · National Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · grist mill · go through the mill · Brewers Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · mill-race · Barker's mill · Starrs Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · run-o'-the-mill · Coopers Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Sprankle Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Laurel Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Wye Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Rochester Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Mill Creek · Dutch Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Gulph Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · the mill cannot grind with water that is past · dark satanic mill · millworks · Martin's Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Rix Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Hannahs Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Cedar Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Indian Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Tacketts Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Milford Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Oakland Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · Osceola Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · watermill · Cruise Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · Tracey Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Langley Mill (in toponyms of the United Kingdom) · Mill Neck (in toponyms of the United States) · Caledonia Mills (in toponyms of Canada) · Noser Mill (in toponyms of the United States) · mill-stone · Owings Mills (in toponyms of the United States) · millman · Reeds Mill (in toponyms of the United States)

Descendants

मिल · miri

Hypernyms

machine tool · machine

Synonyms

factory (plant, building) · works (plant, building) · country · milling

Translations (332)

tn tshilô (grinding apparatus) · io muelilo (grinding apparatus) · nl textielfabriek (building housing a manufacturing plant) · es molino (grinding apparatus) · ru фреза́ (machine for grinding and polishing) · lv dzirnavas (building housing a grinding apparatus) · goh mulin (grinding apparatus) · lb Millen (grinding apparatus) · oc molin (grinding apparatus) · haw hale wili (building housing a grinding apparatus) · pt fábrica (manufacturing plant) · id kincir (grinding apparatus) · pl fabryka (building housing a manufacturing plant) · ru ме́льница (building housing a grinding apparatus) · ru фа́брика (building housing a manufacturing plant) · hu telep (manufacturing plant) · kmr(grinding apparatus) · sh mlȉn (grinding apparatus) · ky тегирмен (grinding apparatus) · ota آسیا (grinding apparatus) · udm вуко (grinding apparatus) · ru фа́брика (manufacturing plant) · bg ме́лница (building housing a grinding apparatus) · fr manufacture (building housing a manufacturing plant) · ko 방앗간 (grinding apparatus) · ltg patmalis (building housing a grinding apparatus) · sl mlin (building housing a grinding apparatus) · gl muíño (building housing a grinding apparatus) · hi चक्की (grinding apparatus) · nb fabrikk (building housing a manufacturing plant) · et veski (grinding apparatus) · nn mylne (manufacturing plant) · gd muileann (building housing a manufacturing plant) · nl molen (grinding apparatus) · ba тирмән (grinding apparatus) · tg осиё (grinding apparatus) · fi mylly (building housing a grinding apparatus) · ltg dziernovys (building housing a grinding apparatus) · myv ведьгев (grinding apparatus) · crh degirmen (grinding apparatus) · it mulino (manufacturing plant) · gd muileann (building housing a grinding apparatus) · sv kvarn (building housing a grinding apparatus) · de Fabrik (manufacturing plant) · sah миэлиҥсэ (grinding apparatus) · hu gyár (building housing a manufacturing plant) · nn mølle (manufacturing plant) · cs mlýn (building housing a grinding apparatus) · chr ᏍᏙᏍᎩᏱ (grinding apparatus) · se millu (grinding apparatus) · br milin (grinding apparatus) · ga muileann (building housing a grinding apparatus) · mk фа́брика (manufacturing plant) · ka წისქვილი (grinding apparatus) · nl staalfabriek (manufacturing plant) · ps ژرنده (grinding apparatus) · sk mlyn (building housing a grinding apparatus) · sn chigayo (grinding apparatus) · inh хьайра (grinding apparatus) · sv mölla (grinding apparatus) · eo muelejo (building housing a grinding apparatus) · hak 磨坊 (grinding apparatus) · mr चक्की (grinding apparatus) · nl papierfabriek (building housing a manufacturing plant) · nl papierfabriek (manufacturing plant) · grc μυλών (building housing a grinding apparatus) · fo mylla (grinding apparatus) · hu daráló (grinding apparatus) · av гьобо (grinding apparatus) · it mulino (grinding apparatus) · mr गिरणी (building housing a grinding apparatus) · prg malunis (building housing a grinding apparatus) · bn জাঁতা (grinding apparatus) · ro moară (grinding apparatus) · ady шъхьалы (grinding apparatus) · cv арман (grinding apparatus) · kjh тербен (grinding apparatus) · pl fabryka (manufacturing plant) · fr fabrique (manufacturing plant) · ar طاحونة (building housing a grinding apparatus) · fi mylly (machine for grinding and polishing) · cs továrna (manufacturing plant) · fi tehdas (manufacturing plant) · nb mølle (grinding apparatus) · kk диірмен (grinding apparatus) · es fábrica (building housing a manufacturing plant) · fi tehdasrakennus (building housing a manufacturing plant) · fi tutkintotehdas (derogatory: institution awarding unofficial educational certificates) · hu -mű (building housing a manufacturing plant) · lkt onákpaŋ (grinding apparatus) · ja 製粉所 (building housing a grinding apparatus) · nl textielfabriek (manufacturing plant) · kw melin (grinding apparatus) · mhn mil (grinding apparatus) · tk degirmen (grinding apparatus) · eu eihera (building housing a grinding apparatus) · tr değirmen (building housing a grinding apparatus) · sc mulinu (grinding apparatus) · hrx Mihl (grinding apparatus) · yi מיל (grinding apparatus) · rm mulegn (grinding apparatus) · hu gyár (manufacturing plant) · tr yapı (building housing a manufacturing plant) · zza arye (diq) (grinding apparatus) · trw ژان (grinding apparatus) · vec mułin (grinding apparatus) · fi matsi (informal: boxing match, fistfight) · wa molén (grinding apparatus) · ru ме́льница (grinding apparatus) · te గానుగ (grinding apparatus) · mi mira (grinding apparatus) · uk млин (building housing a grinding apparatus) · nl molen (building housing a grinding apparatus) · enm mylne (building housing a grinding apparatus) · pt moinho (building housing a grinding apparatus) · tr fabrika (manufacturing plant) · de Mahlwerk (grinding apparatus) · vec mulin (grinding apparatus) · pt moinho (grinding apparatus) · nb mølle (manufacturing plant) · ht moulen (grinding apparatus) · os куырой (grinding apparatus) · hu telep (building housing a manufacturing plant) · pt moenda (grinding apparatus) · kiu arê (diq) (building housing a grinding apparatus) · fa آس (grinding apparatus) · ce хьера (grinding apparatus) · tg осиёб (grinding apparatus) · hu üzem (building housing a manufacturing plant) · yue 粉碎機 /粉碎机 (grinding apparatus) · de Papiermühle (building housing a manufacturing plant) · tr değirmen (grinding apparatus) · zh 磨坊 (building housing a grinding apparatus) · nn mylne (grinding apparatus) · lez регьв (grinding apparatus) · nb mølle (building housing a manufacturing plant) · nl fabriek (manufacturing plant) · vi cối xay (grinding apparatus) · lt malūnas (grinding apparatus) · es fábrica (manufacturing plant) · de Mühle (building housing a grinding apparatus) · sv kvarn (grinding apparatus) · zh 磨機 /磨机 (grinding apparatus) · hu őrlő (grinding apparatus) · hi चक्की (building housing a grinding apparatus) · id pabrik (manufacturing plant) · nb mølle (building housing a grinding apparatus) · it macinatoio (grinding apparatus) · pdt Fabrikj (manufacturing plant) · zh 磨坊 (grinding apparatus) · sc molinu (grinding apparatus) · ga muileann (manufacturing plant) · ast molín (building housing a grinding apparatus) · sl mlin (grinding apparatus) · sv bruk (manufacturing plant) · fr moulin (building housing a grinding apparatus) · az dəyirman (building housing a grinding apparatus) · et tehas (manufacturing plant) · it macina (grinding apparatus) · bg фа́брика (manufacturing plant) · gl muíño (grinding apparatus) · fr usine (manufacturing plant) · de Mühle (grinding apparatus) · smn millo (grinding apparatus) · lv maltuve (building housing a manufacturing plant) · ru дроби́лка (grinding apparatus) · he טַחֲנָה (building housing a manufacturing plant) · pl mielnica (grinding apparatus) · az dəyirman (grinding apparatus) · hi कारख़ाना (manufacturing plant) · cs mlýn (grinding apparatus) · rgn mulén (grinding apparatus) · zza destari (diq) (establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely) · mk по́гон (manufacturing plant) · ca molí (grinding apparatus) · ko 방아 (grinding apparatus) · be млын (building housing a grinding apparatus) · sv fabrik (manufacturing plant) · ast fábrica (manufacturing plant) · scn mulinu (grinding apparatus) · sh мли̏н (grinding apparatus) · he טַחֲנָה (grinding apparatus) · hu malom (building housing a grinding apparatus) · el μύλος (grinding apparatus) · th โรงสี (grinding apparatus) · ota دكرمن (grinding apparatus) · bg заво́д (manufacturing plant) · de Fabrik (building housing a manufacturing plant) · km ម៉ាស៊ីនកិនស្រូវ (grinding apparatus) · fr manufacture (manufacturing plant) · eu errota (grinding apparatus) · de Werk (building housing a manufacturing plant) · arc ܪܚܝܐ (grinding apparatus) · fi mylly (informal: engine) · myv ведьгев (building housing a grinding apparatus) · rm mulin (grinding apparatus) · gmq-jmk kvæðn (grinding apparatus) · mn тээрэм (grinding apparatus) · hy աղաց (grinding apparatus) · pl młyn (building housing a grinding apparatus) · fi tehdas (establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely) · la molendinum (building housing a grinding apparatus) · la molīna (building housing a grinding apparatus) · ug تۈگمەن (grinding apparatus) · el εργοστάσιο (building housing a manufacturing plant) · he טַחֲנָה (manufacturing plant) · gv mwyllin (grinding apparatus) · vec molin (grinding apparatus) · wym mejł (grinding apparatus) · hu -gyár (establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely) · fur mulìn (grinding apparatus) · mk работи́лница (manufacturing plant) · lv malējs (grinding apparatus) · tt тегермән (grinding apparatus) · mg bakaka (grinding apparatus) · fi tuotantotunneli (mining: passage underground through which ore is shot) · be млын (grinding apparatus) · mdf ведькев (grinding apparatus) · es molino (building housing a grinding apparatus) · ga muileann (grinding apparatus) · uk млин (grinding apparatus) · fy mûne (grinding apparatus) · hu passzírozó (grinding apparatus) · ru заво́д (manufacturing plant) · fr fraiseuse (machine for grinding and polishing) · el αλεστική μηχανή (grinding apparatus) · dar шинкьа (grinding apparatus) · cjs тербен (grinding apparatus) · bg изсти́сквачка (machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc.) · nn mølle (building housing a grinding apparatus) · enm mylne (grinding apparatus) · fi tehdas (building housing a manufacturing plant) · fur mulin (grinding apparatus) · uz xaraz (grinding apparatus) · fa آسِیاب (grinding apparatus) · ru заво́д (building housing a manufacturing plant) · fr moulin (grinding apparatus) · sq mulli (grinding apparatus) · ca molí (building housing a grinding apparatus) · it mulino (building housing a grinding apparatus) · mk ме́лница (building housing a grinding apparatus) · mr गिरणी (grinding apparatus) · nn mylne (building housing a grinding apparatus) · ruq moară (grinding apparatus) · fo mylna (grinding apparatus) · gd muileann (manufacturing plant) · sq thyese (grinding apparatus) · da mølle (grinding apparatus) · ja 工場 (manufacturing plant) · uz tegirmon (grinding apparatus) · sh mlȉn (building housing a grinding apparatus) · tr bina (building housing a manufacturing plant) · nb papirmølle (establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely) · gd muileann (grinding apparatus) · ba тирмән (building housing a grinding apparatus) · bua тээрмэ (grinding apparatus) · rom asiav (grinding apparatus) · hi मिल (manufacturing plant) · ota دكرمن (building housing a grinding apparatus) · ltg moltuve (building housing a manufacturing plant) · pdc Miehl (grinding apparatus) · nl staalfabriek (building housing a manufacturing plant) · it mola (grinding apparatus) · la mola (grinding apparatus) · fi mylly (grinding apparatus) · sv mölla (building housing a grinding apparatus) · da mølle (building housing a grinding apparatus) · fi pyörömeisti (die sinking: hardened steel roller with a design in relief) · ja 製粉所 (grinding apparatus) · ckb ئاش (grinding apparatus) · csb młin (grinding apparatus) · bg фа́брика (building housing a manufacturing plant) · la molae (building housing a grinding apparatus) · war gilingan (grinding apparatus) · it macinatoio (manufacturing plant) · ko 공장 (manufacturing plant) · pt manufatura (manufacturing plant) · eu errota (building housing a grinding apparatus) · nn mølle (grinding apparatus) · lt malūnas (building housing a grinding apparatus) · he טַחֲנָה (establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely) · bg фре́за (machine for grinding and polishing) · ja 粉砕機 (grinding apparatus) · lbe гьарахъалу (grinding apparatus) · de Werk n Papiermühle (manufacturing plant) · pl młyn (grinding apparatus) · crh termen (grinding apparatus) · bg ме́лница (grinding apparatus) · cy melin (grinding apparatus) · io mueleyo (building housing a grinding apparatus) · cy melin (building housing a grinding apparatus) · hy ջրաղաց (grinding apparatus) · grc μύλη (grinding apparatus) · fi puristin (machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc.) · diq arye (building housing a grinding apparatus) · hu üzem (manufacturing plant) · ro moară (building housing a grinding apparatus) · yue 磨坊 (grinding apparatus) · srn miri (grinding apparatus) · ur چَکّی (grinding apparatus) · ota رحی (grinding apparatus) · sh мли̏н (building housing a grinding apparatus) · wa stoirdoe (machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc.) · alt теермен (grinding apparatus) · lo ໂຮງສີ (grinding apparatus) · mk млин (building housing a grinding apparatus) · ar مَطْحَنَة (grinding apparatus) · sk mlyn (grinding apparatus) · pt fábrica (building housing a manufacturing plant) · ko 방앗간 (building housing a grinding apparatus) · nl papiermolen (establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely) · zh 工廠 /工厂 (manufacturing plant) · ja ミル (grinding apparatus) · mk ме́лница (grinding apparatus) · fi puristin (machine for grinding and polishing) · ota آسیا (building housing a grinding apparatus) · eu eihera (grinding apparatus) · el μύλος (building housing a grinding apparatus) · zh 磨坊 (grinding apparatus) · arc רחיא (grinding apparatus) · hu -mű (manufacturing plant) · ko 제분소 (grinding apparatus) · zh 粉碎機 /粉碎机 (grinding apparatus) · nl fabriek (building housing a manufacturing plant) · eo muelilo (grinding apparatus) · el εργοστάσιο (manufacturing plant) · mk млин (grinding apparatus) · hy գործարան (manufacturing plant) · ast molín (grinding apparatus) · ar رحى (grinding apparatus) · ms kilang (manufacturing plant) · rup moarã (grinding apparatus)

wikidata: Q1078463 · wikidata: Q623106

mill en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [mɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • /mɪl/
  • [mɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [mɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • mĭl

Etymology

From Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname). Doublet of moline, moulin, and blin.

Meanings

  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. (followed by around, intransitive, qualifier:about, usually) To move about in an aimless fashion.
    • The deer and the pig and the nilghai were milling round and round in a circle of eight or ten miles radius, while the Eaters of Flesh skirmished round its edge. 1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
    • I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.
    • As guests milled around them, he [Zuckerberg] described his goal of turning every person in the country with an internet connection into a Facebook user. 2021 July 8, Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, “Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  5. (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
    • to mill cattle
  6. (of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
  7. (of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
  8. (slang, transitive) To beat; to pound.
    • […]he had “milled” a policeman 1861 January – 1862 August, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip on His Way through the World; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC:
    • Ortheris said nothing for a while. Then he unslung his belt, heavy with the badges of half a dozen regiments that his own had lain with, and handed it over to Mulvaney. "I'm too little for to mill you, Mulvaney," said he, "an' you've strook me before; but you can take an' cut me in two with this 'ere if you like." 1888, Rudyard Kipling, The Madness of Private Ortheris:
  9. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
  10. (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
  11. (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
  12. (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
    • This maize mills well.
  13. (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
  14. (transitive) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
  15. (UK, obsolete, qualifier:thieves' cant) To commit burglary.
    • Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you. 1611, Thomas Middleton, “The Roaring Girl”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 4, published 1885, act 5, scene 1, pages 128–129:
    • And why not?—You would think little of peaching and hanging him for this Scotch affair.—Rat me, one might have milled the Bank of England, and less noise about it. 1818, Walter Scott, chapter 6, in The Heart of Midlothian:

Forms

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milling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mills Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
milled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
milled Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

millability · free-milling · remill · nonmilled · unmilled · millable · mill around · mill about

Synonyms

wander (move about in an aimless fashion) · roam (move about in an aimless fashion)

Translations (68)

hu hemzseg (move about in an aimless fashion) · mi whakatairangi (move about in an aimless fashion) · fi kaivertaa (engrave groove around the edge of) · zh 粉碎 (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · hu darál (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · uk моло́ти (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · ar طَحَن (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · fi jyrsiä (engrave groove around the edge of) · sk mlieť (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · pl mielić (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · pt moer (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · fi jauhaa (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · ru смоло́ть (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · lv malt (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · es pulir (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · alt теермен тартар (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · es fresar (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · nl graveren (engrave groove around the edge of) · fi työstää (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · hu nyújt (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · sh млети (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · zh(grind or process using a mill or other machine) · fr fraiser (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · hu nyüzsög (move about in an aimless fashion) · ga meil (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · es vagar (move about in an aimless fashion) · nl malen (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · mi mira (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · hu őröl (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · bg фрезовам (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · hu hengerel (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · grc ἀλέω (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · pl mleć (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · it orlettare (engrave groove around the edge of) · vo mülön (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · ca fresar (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · bo འཐག (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · sv mala (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · mk стру́га (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · cu млѣти (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · ja 挽く (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · gd meil (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · pt fresar (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · mi mira (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · cs mlít (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · sl mleti (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · mk соме́лува (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · nl rondhangen (move about in an aimless fashion) · bg меля (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · eo mueli (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · mk ме́ле (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · mr दळणे (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · ca moldre (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · fi jyrsiä (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · ru моло́ть (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · es moler (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · mi huri (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · fi pyöriä (move about in an aimless fashion) · mi popō (move about in an aimless fashion) · mk стру́же (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · de mahlen (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · nl slijpen (shape, polish, etc, using a machine) · hu passzíroz (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · sh mleti (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · ro măcina (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · fr moudre (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · be мало́ць (grind or process using a mill or other machine) · hu recéz (engrave groove around the edge of)

mill en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [mɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • /mɪl/
  • [mɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [mɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • mĭl

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clipping comes by way of the clipped word, millimetre.

Meanings

  1. One thousandth part. ▸ One thousandth of a US dollar, one-hundredth of a dime or one-tenth of a cent.
    • Holonyms: cent < dollar
    • The U.S. has never minted a mill coin, but the Coinage Act of 1792 describes this and other subdivisions of the U.S. dollar.
  2. One thousandth part. ▸ One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
    • They predict that the rate will probably go up by several mills next year.
  3. (alt-of, alternative) One thousandth part. ▸ Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
    alt of mil
    • For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mills thick.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) One thousandth part. ▸ Clipping of millimeter.
    alt of millimeter
    • For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mills in diameter.

Forms

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mills Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

· permille · millage · per mill ·

Relateds

basis point · percent · bp · % · mille · mil

Synonyms

millesimal · millesimal · millesimal · millesimal · thou · mm

Translations (4)

fi tuhannesosa (thousandth part) · bg хилядна (thousandth part) · zh(coin) · cs promile (thousandth part)

wikidata: Q1165799 · wikidata: Q174789

mill en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [mɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • /mɪl/
  • [mɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [mɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • mĭl

Etymology

Clipping of million.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
    alt of mil

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mill Number=Plur lexicographic

mill en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • [mɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • /mɪl/
  • [mɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [mɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • mĭl

Meanings

  1. A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
mills Number=Plur lexicographic

mill en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • [mɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • /mɪl/
  • [mɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [mɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • mĭl

Etymology

Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).

Meanings

  1. (countable, qualifier:collectible card games, uncountable) Discarding a card from one's deck.
    • he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas 2018 October 14, Jay Castello, “Pro Hearthstone player burns key card with perfect comedic timing”, in Rock Paper Shotgun:
  2. (countable, qualifier:collectible card games, uncountable) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
    • Kingsane ^([sic – meaning Kingsbane]) Rogue will forever have a negative connotation attached to it because it began as a mill deck, and mill is one of the most tilt-inducing strategies in fantasy card games. 2018 June 16, Wavelength, “Efficient Off-Meta Decks Spotlight”, in Fade2Karma, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2021:
    • Great for mill, control, or even Voltron decks, Mnemonic Betrayal is a fantastic addition regardless of your strategy. 2018 September 24, Collin MacGregor, “Top 10 Guilds of Ravnica Commander Cards in Magic The Gathering”, in heavy.:

Forms

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Mill alternative lexicographic
mills Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Mill Rogue

Translations (1)

ja ミル (strategy)

wikipedia: Magic: The Gathering

mill en · VERB · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • [mɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • /mɪl/
  • [mɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [mɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
  • mĭl

Etymology

Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:collectible card games, transitive) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
  2. (qualifier:Hearthstone, transitive) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
    • what happens when a Quest Rogue uses Vanish and Malygos gets milled? 2018 October 9, Ozzie Mejia, “Hearthstone: 4 decks to watch during the 2018 HCT Fall Championship”, in Shacknews:

Forms

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Mill alternative lexicographic
mills Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
milled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
milled Tense=Past lexicographic
milling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

self-mill

Synonyms

burn (Hearthstone)

wikipedia: Magic: The Gathering