Definitions for milling

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milling mill·ing

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IPA: /ˈmɪl ɪŋ/

Milling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in milling (giillmn).

Definitions for milling

noun

1. an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.
2. an act or process of producing plane or shaped surfaces with a milling machine.
3. Coining. an act or process of making a raised edge on a coin or the like. an act or process of making narrow, radial grooves on such a raised edge. a number of grooves so made.
4. Slang. a beating or thrashing.
5. a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
6. a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products.
7. a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance:
8. any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work:
9. any of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations.
10. a business or institution that dispenses products or services in an impersonal or mechanical manner, as if produced in a factory:
11. Machinery. a cutter on a milling machine.
12. a steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate.
13. Mining. a place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore.
14. Slang. a boxing match or fistfight.

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:

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 milling

1425-75; late Middle English. See mill¹, -ing¹

Examples for milling

The parks were milling with crowds who came to hear the patriotic speakers.

Her children were milling around and acting up as children will, yet she kept her focus as she talked.

There, hundreds of passengers were milling around with their luggage in a state of utter confusion.

Behind him the milling, screaming crowd was huddling, as if for protection.

Where Hilary had paused, there was a milling indecisiveness.

None of the rock was found rich enough to pay for mining and milling.

Girls are milling outside in mini-dresses and low-cropped tops talking to bouncers behind the red velvet ropes.

They were milling back and forth, but no one dared come closer.

It was after lunch, and the 80 or so veterans were milling around, chatting, and watching TV.

milling crowds turned out asking for U.S. help and there was praise for Kerry.