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mill
 
Noun mill has 5 senses
  1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory - a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
    --1 is a kind of plant, works, industrial plant
    --1 has parts: production line, assembly line, line; shop floor
    --1 has particulars:
     assembly plant; automobile factory, auto factory, car factory; cannery; chemical plant; foundry, metalworks; lumbermill, sawmill; paper mill; stamp mill, stamping mill; steel mill, steelworks, steel plant, steel factory; sweatshop; textile mill
  2. Mill, James Mill - Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
    --2 is a kind of philosopher
  3. Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill - English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
    --3 is a kind of philosopher; economist, economic expert
  4. mill, grinder - machine that processes materials by grinding or crushing
    --4 is a kind of machine
    --4 has particulars:
     cider mill; coffee mill, coffee grinder; flour mill; gristmill; meat grinder; pepper mill, pepper grinder; quern; spicemill; treadmill, treadwheel, tread-wheel; water mill; windmill
    Derived form: verb mill2
  5. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation - the act of grinding to a powder or dust
    --5 is a kind of crush, crunch, compaction
    Derived form: verb mill2
Verb mill has 4 senses
  1. mill, mill about, mill around - move about in a confused manner
    --1 is one way to move
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. mill - grind with a mill; "mill grain"
    --2 is one way to     grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
    Derived forms: noun mill5, noun mill4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. mill - produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin"
    --3 is one way to     groove
    Derived form: noun milling1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. mill - roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
    --4 is one way to     roll out, roll
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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