mill

sq-noun

mill m (plural mille, definite milli, definite plural millet)

mille (plural)
milli (definite)
millet (definite plural)
mill (indefinite nominative singular)
milli (definite nominative singular)
mille (indefinite nominative plural)
millet (definite nominative plural)
mill (accusative indefinite singular)
millin (accusative definite singular)
mille (accusative indefinite plural)
millet (accusative definite plural)
milli (dative indefinite singular)
millit (dative definite singular)
milleve (dative indefinite plural)
milleve (dative definite plural)
milli (ablative indefinite singular)
millit (ablative definite singular)
millesh (ablative indefinite plural)
milleve (ablative definite plural)

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *meila (“fastening (of a knife)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to attach, fasten”).


mill

Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.

A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

My grandfather worked in a mill.

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

The building housing such a grinding apparatus.

a cider mill; a cane mill

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.

a lapidary mill

lathes, mills, and drill presses

A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.

The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.

A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.

A building housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.

divorce mill; puppy mill

(figurative) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality.

(figurative, derogatory) An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised

The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress.

1902 October 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 5, column 6

(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.

(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.

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

(World War I– World War II, US military slang) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.

(World War I– World War II military slang) A delousing station, cootie mill.

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

(CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.

every miller draws water to his own mill

the mill cannot grind with water that is past

Sranan Tongo: miri

→ Hindi: मिल (mil)

papiermolen

establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely

tutkintotehdas

derogatory: institution awarding unofficial educational certificates

pyörömeisti

die sinking: hardened steel roller with a design in relief

tuotantotunneli

mining: passage underground through which ore is shot

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 and moulin.

cog

l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand


mill

to mill flour

(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).

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

(intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

to mill cattle

(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.

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

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.

This maize mills well.

(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.

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

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To commit burglary.

en-verb

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

mills (present singular third-person)
milling (participle present)
milled (participle past)
milled (past)

طَحَن

grind or process using a mill or other machine


mill

An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.

One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.


mill

(informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”)


mill

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


mill

(transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.

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

(transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.

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


mill

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

(collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.

Kingsane 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 2021-11-28

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.

(collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.

en-noun

mill (countable and uncountable, plural mills)


mill

(transitive, intransitive) spoil; mar, ruin

head

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

milleann (analytic present)
millfidh (analytic future)
milleadh (noun-from-verb)
millte (participle past)
millim (first-person indicative present singular)
milleann tú (indicative present second-person singular)
millir (indicative present second-person singular)
milleann sé (indicative present singular third-person)
sí (indicative present singular third-person)
millimid (first-person indicative plural present)
milleann sibh (indicative plural present second-person)
milleann siad (indicative plural present third-person)
millid (indicative plural present third-person)
a mhilleann (indicative present relative)
a mhilleas (indicative present relative)
a milleann (indicative present relative)
a milleas (indicative present relative)
milltear (autonomous indicative present)
mhill mé (first-person indicative past singular)
mhilleas (first-person indicative past singular)
mhill tú (indicative past second-person singular)
mhillis (indicative past second-person singular)
mhill sé (indicative past singular third-person)
sí (indicative past singular third-person)
mhilleamar (first-person indicative past plural)
mhill muid (first-person indicative past plural)
mhill sibh (indicative past plural second-person)
mhilleabhair (indicative past plural second-person)
mhill siad (indicative past plural third-person)
mhilleadar (indicative past plural third-person)
a mhill (indicative past relative)
ar mhill (indicative past relative)
milleadh (autonomous indicative past)
mhillinn (first-person habitual indicative past singular)
millinn‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past singular)
mhillteá (habitual indicative past second-person singular)
millteá‡‡ (habitual indicative past second-person singular)
mhilleadh sé (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
sí (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
milleadh sé (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
sí‡‡ (habitual indicative past singular third-person)
mhillimis (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
mhilleadh muid (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
millimis‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
milleadh muid‡‡ (first-person habitual indicative past plural)
mhilleadh sibh (habitual indicative past plural second-person)
milleadh sibh‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural second-person)
mhillidís (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
mhilleadh siad (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
millidís‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
milleadh siad‡‡ (habitual indicative past plural third-person)
a mhilleadh (habitual indicative past relative)
a milleadh (habitual indicative past relative)
mhilltí (autonomous habitual indicative past)
milltí‡‡ (autonomous habitual indicative past)
millfidh mé (first-person future singular)
millfead (first-person future singular)
millfidh tú (future second-person singular)
millfir (future second-person singular)
millfidh sé (future singular third-person)
sí (future singular third-person)
millfimid (first-person future plural)
millfidh muid (first-person future plural)
millfidh sibh (future plural second-person)
millfidh siad (future plural third-person)
millfid (future plural third-person)
a mhillfidh (future relative)
a mhillfeas (future relative)
a millfidh (future relative)
a millfeas (future relative)
millfear (autonomous future)
mhillfinn (conditional first-person singular)
millfinn‡‡ (conditional first-person singular)
mhillfeá (conditional second-person singular)
millfeá‡‡ (conditional second-person singular)
mhillfeadh sé (conditional singular third-person)
sí (conditional singular third-person)
millfeadh sé (conditional singular third-person)
sí‡‡ (conditional singular third-person)
mhillfimis (conditional first-person plural)
mhillfeadh muid (conditional first-person plural)
millfimis‡‡ (conditional first-person plural)
millfeadh muid‡‡ (conditional first-person plural)
mhillfeadh sibh (conditional plural second-person)
millfeadh sibh‡‡ (conditional plural second-person)
mhillfidís (conditional plural third-person)
mhillfeadh siad (conditional plural third-person)
millfidís‡‡ (conditional plural third-person)
millfeadh siad‡‡ (conditional plural third-person)
a mhillfeadh (conditional relative)
a millfeadh (conditional relative)
mhillfí (autonomous conditional)
millfí‡‡ (autonomous conditional)
go mille mé (first-person present singular subjunctive)
go millead (first-person present singular subjunctive)
go mille tú (present second-person singular subjunctive)
go millir (present second-person singular subjunctive)
go mille sé (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sí (present singular subjunctive third-person)
go millimid (first-person plural present subjunctive)
go mille muid (first-person plural present subjunctive)
go mille sibh (plural present second-person subjunctive)
go mille siad (plural present subjunctive third-person)
go millid (plural present subjunctive third-person)
go milltear (autonomous present subjunctive)
dá millinn (first-person past singular subjunctive)
dá millteá (past second-person singular subjunctive)
dá milleadh sé (past singular subjunctive third-person)
sí (past singular subjunctive third-person)
dá millimis (first-person past plural subjunctive)
dá milleadh muid (first-person past plural subjunctive)
dá milleadh sibh (past plural second-person subjunctive)
dá millidís (past plural subjunctive third-person)
dá milleadh siad (past plural subjunctive third-person)
dá milltí (autonomous past subjunctive)
millim (first-person imperative singular)
mill (imperative second-person singular)
milleadh sé (imperative singular third-person)
sí (imperative singular third-person)
millimis (first-person imperative plural)
milligí (imperative plural second-person)
millidh (imperative plural second-person)
millidís (imperative plural third-person)
milltear (autonomous imperative)
milleadh (noun-from-verb)
millte (participle past)

From Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).


mill

Alternative form of meill (“flabby, loose, skin; blubber lip; unshapely mouth”)

head

mill f (genitive singular mille, nominative plural milleanna)

mille (genitive singular)
milleanna (nominative plural)
mill (indefinite nominative singular)
milleanna (indefinite nominative plural)
a mhill (indefinite singular vocative)
a mhilleanna (indefinite plural vocative)
mille (genitive indefinite singular)
milleanna (genitive indefinite plural)
mill (dative indefinite singular)
milleanna (dative indefinite plural)
an mhill (definite nominative singular)
na milleanna (definite nominative plural)
na mille (definite genitive singular)
na milleanna (definite genitive plural)
leis an mill (dative definite singular)
don mhill (dative definite singular)
leis na milleanna (dative definite plural)
mill (mutation mutation-radical)
mhill (lenition mutation)


mill

Ny mill m'olt.

mill (past vill, future independent millee, verbal noun milley, past participle millit)

vill (past)
millee (future independent)
milley (noun-from-verb)
millit (participle past)

From Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”). Cognate with Irish mill and Scottish Gaelic mill.


mill

mill m (genitive singular molley, plural millyn)

molley (genitive singular)
millyn (plural)
mill (mutation mutation-radical)
vill (lenition mutation)

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.


mill

mill (past mhill, future millidh, verbal noun milleadh, past participle millte)

mhill (past)
millidh (future)
milleadh (noun-from-verb)
millte (participle past)


mill

mill (mutation mutation-radical)
mhill (lenition mutation)