mill

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: mĭl, IPA(key): /mɪl/ (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): [mɪɫ] (l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [mɪo̯], [mɪʊ̯] Rhymes: -ɪl Homophone: mil === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== mill (plural mills) A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.) Hyponym: pepper mill 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. Hyponyms: flour mill, grist mill; fulling mill, cotton mill; water mill, windmill 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 machine for grinding and polishing. A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic. Hypernyms: machine tool < machine A milling cutter used on such a machine. Hyponyms: endmill; more at Wikipedia A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials. Hyponyms: paper mill, steel mill The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds. (figurative, usually derogatory) 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.) Hyponyms: divorce mill, puppy mill, content mill (figurative, derogatory) 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. Hyponyms: diploma mill, accreditation mill, ordination mill; essay mill, paper mill (informal) An engine. (informal, archaic) A boxing match or fistfight. (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. Coordinate term: die (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained. (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot. Near-synonym: country The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw. Synonym: milling (historical) A prison treadmill. (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison. (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill. (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received. ===== Alternative forms ===== miln (obsolete) ===== Synonyms ===== (plant, building): factory, works ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Sranan Tongo: miri → Hindi: मिल (mil) ===== Translations ===== ==== 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. (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. (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around. (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater. (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction. (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth. (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars. (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning. (intransitive) To undergo hulling. (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box. (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To commit burglary. ===== Synonyms ===== (move about in an aimless fashion): roam, wander ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clipping comes by way of the clipped word, millimetre. ==== Noun ==== mill (plural mills) One thousandth part. One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent. Alternative form: mille Holonyms: cent < dollar One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax. (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”). Synonym: thou (informal) Clipping of millimeter. Alternative form: mil Synonym: mm ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 3 === Clipping of million. ==== Noun ==== mill (plural mill) (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”). === Etymology 4 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== mill (plural mills) A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games. === Etymology 5 === Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994). ==== Alternative forms ==== Mill (in the sense of "a strategy") ==== Verb ==== mill (third-person singular simple present mills, present participle milling, simple past and past participle milled) (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile. (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand. ===== Synonyms ===== (Hearthstone): burn ===== Derived terms ===== self-mill ==== Noun ==== mill (countable and uncountable, plural mills) (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck. (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck. ===== Derived terms ===== Mill Rogue ===== Translations ===== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “mill”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “mill”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === mill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mill in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == Albanian == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Albanian *meila (“fastening (of a knife)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to attach, fasten”). === Noun === mill m (plural mille, definite milli, definite plural millet) sheath ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin milium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmiʎ] Rhymes: -iʎ === Noun === mill m (plural mills) millet ==== Derived terms ==== mill africà mill del sol === Further reading === “mill”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “mill”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “mill” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mill”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mʲiːl̠ʲ/, /mʲil̠ʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish millid (“to spoil, ruin, destroy”). ==== Verb ==== mill (present analytic milleann, future analytic millfidh, verbal noun milleadh, past participle millte) (ambitransitive) to spoil; mar, ruin to ravish ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== milleán === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== mill f (genitive singular mille, nominative plural milleanna) alternative form of meill (“flabby skin”) (botany) pendant bud or flower ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “millim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 743; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “mill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “mill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Manx == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /milʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”). Cognate with Irish mill and Scottish Gaelic mill. ==== Verb ==== mill (past independent vill, future independent millee, verbal noun milley, past participle millit) destroy, ruin spoil, tarnish (as vision) blur disfigure corrupt mess, tumble, rustle Ny mill m'olt. ― Don't tumble my hair. === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish mil, from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Irish mil, Scottish Gaelic mil, Latin mel, Ancient Greek μέλι (méli). Akin to millish and blass. ==== Noun ==== mill f (genitive singular molley) honey === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miːʎ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”). ==== Verb ==== mill (past mhill, future millidh, verbal noun milleadh, past participle millte) destroy, spoil, ruin === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== mill m inflection of meall: genitive singular plural === Mutation === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “mill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Wiradjuri == === Alternative forms === mil === Noun === mill (anatomy) eye == Yagara == === Noun === mill alternative form of mil === References === State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Turubul Body Parts.