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mills

/mɪlz/

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

Examples :

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

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The building housing such a grinding apparatus.

Examples :

"My grandfather worked in a mill."

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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.

Examples :

"a cider mill; a cane mill"

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A machine for grinding and polishing.

Examples :

"a lapidary mill"

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

Examples :

"The new coins have fine mills around the edge to make them easier to grip. "

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

Examples :

"a steel mill"

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A building housing such a plant.

Examples :

"The old mills along the river are now used as apartments. "

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An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.

Examples :

"The factory was a known rumor mill, spreading gossip and false information quickly. "

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An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised

Examples :

"Because the university degrees were from diploma mills, they weren't accepted by most employers. "

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Examples :

"The power plant uses water mills to generate electricity for the town. "

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A boxing match, fistfight.

Examples :

""The argument at the bar escalated into mills before the police arrived." "

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(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.

Examples :

"The engraver used specialized mills to press the intricate coin design onto the copper blank. "

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An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.

Examples :

"The mine foreman ordered the crew to dig new mills to provide enough backfill for the collapsing tunnels. "

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A passage underground through which ore is shot.

Examples :

"The miners used the ore-filled mills to transport the extracted minerals underground. "

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A milling cutter.

Examples :

"The machinist carefully selected the mills needed to carve the intricate design into the metal block. "

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Examples :

"My dog runs on the mills every morning to get his exercise when the weather is bad outside. "

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A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.

Examples :

"The office secretary used the old manual mills to transcribe the important meeting minutes. "

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To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

Examples :

"to mill flour"

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To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.

Examples :

"The carpenter used a special machine to mill the wood, smoothing it perfectly for the new table. "

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To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).

Examples :

"The machinist mills the edge of the metal disc to create a textured grip. "

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

Examples :

"After the bell rang, students milled around the hallway, waiting for their parents to pick them up. "

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To cause to mill, or circle around.

Examples :

"to mill cattle"

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(of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.

Examples :

"The playful seals mills happily beneath the surface of the water, chasing after the tossed fish. "

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(of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.

Examples :

"The whale mills unexpectedly, heading straight towards our boat after circling calmly for an hour. "

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To beat; to pound.

Examples :

"The baker mills the grain into flour. "

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To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.

Examples :

"The woolen cloth mills until it becomes denser and more uniform. "

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To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.

Examples :

"The factory mills steel into long, strong bars used for construction. "

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To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.

Examples :

"To prepare a delicious hot chocolate, she mills the chocolate mix until it's frothy and creamy. "

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To undergo hulling.

Examples :

"This maize mills well."

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To take part in a fistfight; to box.

Examples :

""After the argument, the boys went behind the school to mills." "

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To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.

Examples :

"The miners mills the winze with crushed ore, preparing it for removal at the lower level. "

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(thieves' cant) To commit burglary.

Examples :

"The gang planned to mill the bakery while everyone was asleep. "

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

Examples :

""Even back in the day, you couldn't buy much with just a few mills." "

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

Examples :

"The property tax in our town increased by 5 mills, meaning we pay an extra $5 for every $1,000 of our home's assessed value. "

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

Examples :

""In nine men's morris, building mills gives you the advantage of removing your opponent's pieces." "

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

Examples :

"During the card game, he made several mills, getting rid of unwanted cards. "

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

Examples :

""In the trading card game, Sarah specialized in mills, winning by forcing her opponent to draw cards from an empty deck." "

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(trading card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.

Examples :

""My opponent tried to mill my deck by forcing me to discard cards faster than I could draw them." "

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

Examples :

"In Hearthstone, if you draw a card when you already have ten cards in your hand, the game mills that new card, destroying it. "