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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Homophones

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

Singular
mill

Plural
mills

mill (plural mills)

  1. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
  2. The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
  3. A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
  4. A building housing such a plant.
  5. An establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely, such as a divorce mill, etc.

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[edit] Translations
grinding apparatus or the building housing it
manufacturing plant
building
establishment that handles a certain type of situation routinely
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[edit] Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin millesimum

[edit] Noun

Singular
mill

Plural
mills

mill (plural mills)

  1. An obsolete coin with value one-thousandth of a dollar, or one-tenth of a cent.

[edit] Translations
coin

[edit] Etymology 3

From the noun mill

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to mill

Third person singular
mills

Simple past
milled

Past participle
milled

Present participle
milling

to mill (third-person singular simple present mills, present participle milling, simple past and past participle milled)

  1. (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
    to mill flour
  2. (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
  3. (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
  4. (intransitive) (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

[edit] Synonyms
  • (move about in an aimless fashion): roam, wander

[edit] Translations
grind or process using a mill or other machine
shape, polish, etc, using a machine
engrave groove around the edge of
move about in an aimless fashion

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[edit] Etymology

Latin milium

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mill

  1. millet

[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [mʲiːlʲ] or [mʲɪlʲ]

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mill

  1. To spoil

[edit] Conjugation

Conjugation
Finite forms
Analytic 1st sing. 2d sing. 3d sing. Autonomous
1st pl. 2d pl. 3d pl.
Present milleann millim millir* milltear
millimid millid*
Imperfect mhilleadh mhillinn mhillteá mhilltí
mhillimis mhillidís
Past mhill mhilleas* mhillis* milleadh
mhilleamar mhilleabhar* mhilleadar*
Future millfidh millfead* millfir* millfear
millfimid millfid*
Conditional mhillfeadh mhillfinn mhillfeá mhillfí
mhillfimis mhillfidís
Present subjunctive mille millead* millir* milltear
millimid millid*
Past subjunctive milleadh millinn millteá milltí
millimis millidís
Imperative milleadh millim mill milltear
millimis milligí;
millidh*		 millidís
*(Nonstandard)
Past participle
millte
Verbal noun
milleadh

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mill mhill unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Verb

mill (present participle a' milleadh, simple past mhill, past participle millte)

  1. To destroy, to ruin.

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[edit] Noun

mill

  1. eye
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