Definitions for milled

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Spelling: [mild]

IPA: /mɪld/

Milled is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in milled (deillm).

Definitions for milled

noun

1. a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
2. a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products.
3. a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance:
4. any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work:
5. any of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations.
6. a business or institution that dispenses products or services in an impersonal or mechanical manner, as if produced in a factory:
7. Machinery. a cutter on a milling machine.
8. a steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate.
9. Mining. a place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore.
10. Slang. a boxing match or fistfight.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of mill1 .

Idioms

1. through the mill, Informal. undergoing or having undergone severe difficulties, trials, etc., especially with an effect on one's health, personality, or character:

adjective

1. (of a coin) struck by a mill or press and usually finished with transverse ribs or grooves:
2. ground or hulled in a mill:
3. pressed flat by rolling:
4. Obsolete. (of metal) polished by mechanical means:

verb (used with object)

1. to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a mill.
2. Coining. to make a raised edge on (a coin or the like). to make narrow, radial grooves on the raised edge of (a coin or the like).
3. to beat or stir, as to a froth:
4. Slang. to beat or strike; fight; overcome.

verb (used without object)

1. to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often followed by about or around).
2. Slang. to fight or box.

Origin of milled

First recorded in 1615-25; mill¹ + -ed²

Examples for milled

They must be milled to give them a rough edge, and they must be stamped.

Moviegoers enjoyed a drink at the bar and milled around waiting for the 10:15 p.m. showing of The Interview.

German artillery chased the landing craft where they milled off shore.

They milled about him as he stood there, gazing down at them sardonically.

Some milled about with large signs descrying the banks and financial institutions for imperiling the global economy.

It was an object that had upon it a nap, similar to that of milled cloth.

We just milled around the front of the school, waiting for our parents to come and pick us up.

They care about the words that are milled and poured into the magazine, whether in one or six articles.

Tad was surprised to find that he had milled the cattle into a compact bunch.

The people wore white and milled about in the streets below him.