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Definitions for Milling

[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: a coffee mill.
[8] any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work: rolling mill.
[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: a divorce mill; a diploma mill.
[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.
[15] to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a mill.
[16] 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).
[17] to beat or stir, as to a froth: to mill chocolate.
[18] Slang . to beat or strike; fight; overcome.
[19] to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often followed by about or around ).
[20] Slang . to fight or box.
[21] the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill
[22] the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc
[23] (in W North America) a method of halting a stampede of cattle by turning the leaders in a wide arc until the herd turns in upon itself in a tightening spiral
[24] a building in which grain is crushed and ground to make flour
[25] a factory, esp one which processes raw materials a steel mill
[26] any of various processing or manufacturing machines, esp one that grinds, presses, or rolls
[27] any of various small hand mills used for grinding pepper, salt, or coffee for domestic purposes See also coffee mill, pepper mill
[28] a hard roller for impressing a design, esp in a textile-printing machine or in a machine for printing banknotes
[29] a system, institution, etc, that influences people or things in the manner of a factory going through the educational mill
[30] an unpleasant experience; ordeal (esp in the phrases go or be put through the mill )
[31] a fist fight
[32] run of the mill ordinary or routine
[33] (tr) to grind, press, or pulverize in or as if in a mill
[34] (tr) to process or produce in or with a mill
[35] to cut or roll (metal) with or as if with a milling machine
[36] (tr) to groove or flute the edge of (a coin)
[37] (intr; often foll by about or around) to move about in a confused manner
[38] (usually tr) rare to beat (chocolate, etc)
[39] archaic , slang to fight, esp with the fists
[40] a US and Canadian monetary unit used in calculations, esp for property taxes, equal to one thousandth of a dollar
[41] James. 1773–1836, Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist. He expounded Bentham's utilitarian philosophy in Elements of Political Economy (1821) and Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind (1829) and also wrote a History of British India (1817–18)
[42] his son, John Stuart. 1806–73, English philosopher and economist. He modified Bentham's utilitarian philosophy in Utilitarianism (1861) and in his treatise On Liberty (1859) he defended the rights and freedom of the individual. Other works include A System of Logic (1843) and Principles of Political Economy (1848)

Words related to Milling

pulverize, pound, crush, grate, powder, granulate, press, comminute

Words nearby Milling

millimicron, millimole, milline, milliner, millinery, milling, milling machine, millington, million, million electron volts, millionaire

Origin of Milling

1before 950; Middle English milne, mille (noun), Old English myl(e)n < Late Latin molīna, noun use of feminine of molīnus of a mill, equivalent to Latin mol(a ) mill + -īnus -ine1

Word origin for Milling

C18: short for Latin mīllēsimum a thousandth (part)

Synonyms for Milling

comminute, crush, granulate, grate, pound, powder, press, pulverize