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Milling

verb
/ˈmɪlɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 2.6

Definitions

1.verbTo grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
"to mill flour"
2.verbTo shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
3.verbTo engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
4.verb(followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
"I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops."
5.verbTo cause to mill, or circle around.
"to mill cattle"
6.verb(of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
7.verb(of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
8.verbTo beat; to pound.
9.verbTo pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
10.verbTo roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
11.verbTo make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
12.verbTo undergo hulling.
"This maize mills well."
13.verbTo take part in a fistfight; to box.
14.verbTo fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
15.verb(thieves' cant) To commit burglary.
16.verb(trading card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
17.verb(Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
18.nounA grinding process using a mill.
19.nounThe series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated.
20.nounA circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.

Synonyms

roamwanderburnmovingshufflingsawmillshreddersawingmachiningmillerdraftmaceration

Rhymes With

unwillingthrillingchillingwillingfillingkillingyearlingfulfilling
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