name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.; Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   corrugated edge of a coin wordnet
3. 3
   Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.; Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber). countable, uncountable
4. 4
   Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.; A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material. countable, uncountable
5. 5
   The surface or other physical result produced by such a process. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.; The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. countable, uncountable
7. 7
   A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of mill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

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architectureassemblybuildingcastingcompositionconstruction

Example

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"Thousands of people were milling around in the square."

Related phrases

high millingion millinglow millingmilling cuttermilling frolicmilling machinepaper-milling

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