Search results for 'mill':

mill noun 1 a a large machine that grinds grain into flour; b a building containing such a machine • watermill • windmill. 2 any of various smaller machines or devices for grinding a particular thing • a pepper mill. 3 a in manufacturing industry, etc: a large machine that presses, rolls or otherwise shapes something; b a factory containing one or more of these machines. 4 any factory • a woollen mill. 5 an institution or place which seems to process (eg students) in an impersonal, factory-like way to deliver a standardized end-product. verb (milled, milling) 1 to grind (grain, etc). 2 to shape (eg metal) in a mill. 3 to cut grooves into the edge of (a coin). 4 intrans, colloq (especially mill about or around) to move in an aimless or confused manner • people milling around outside. miller noun 1 someone who owns or operates a mill, especially a grain mill. 2 a machine for milling. milling noun 1 the grinding of cereal grain to produce flour for use in making bread and other foodstuffs. 2 the act or process of passing anything through a mill. 3 the grooves, or the process of making grooves, in the edge of a coin, etc. go or put someone or something through the mill to undergo or make them or it undergo an unpleasant experience or difficult test.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon myln: from Latin molere to grind.