1a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.
a piece of machinery for grinding grain:a direct steam-driven flour mill
a domestic device for grinding a solid substance to powder:a pepper mill
2a factory fitted with machinery for a particular manufacturing process:a steel mill
a piece of manufacturing machinery.
3 informal an engine.
4 informal, dated a boxing match or a fist fight.
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Universal
1grind (something) in a mill:hard wheats are easily milled into white flour (as adjective, with submodifier milled)freshly milled black pepper
2cut or shape (metal) with a rotating tool:in the machine shop we mill and grind the castings (as noun milling)a milling machine
(usually as adjective milled) produce regular ribbed markings on the edge of (a coin) as a protection against illegal clipping:a selection of hammered and milled coins
3 [no object] (mill about/around) (of people or animals) move around in a confused mass:tourists were milling about in the lobby (as adjective milling)the milling crowds of guests
4thicken (wool or another animal fibre) by fulling it:ordinary wool blankets are made by milling a woven wool fabric
go (or put someone) through the mill
undergo (or cause someone to undergo) an unpleasant experience:we have been through the mill, but it has been worth the fight
