I. ˈmil noun
Etymology: Middle English mille, from Old English mylen, from Late Latin molina, molinum, from feminine and neuter of molinus of a mill, of a millstone, from Latin mola mill, millstone; akin to Latin molere to grind — more at meal
Date: before 12th century
1. : a building provided with machinery for grinding grain into flour
2.
a. : a machine or apparatus (as a quern) for grinding grain
b. : a machine for crushing or comminuting
3. : a machine that manufactures by the continuous repetition of some simple action
4. : a building or collection of buildings with machinery for manufacturing
5.
a. : a machine formerly used for stamping coins
b. : a machine for expelling juice from vegetable tissues by pressure or grinding
6. : milling machine , milling cutter
7.
a. : a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine
b. : one that produces or processes people or things mechanically or in large numbers
a diploma mill
a rumor mill
8. : a difficult and often educational experience — used in the phrase through the mill
9. : the engine of an automobile or boat
II. verb
Date: 1511
transitive verb
1. : to subject to an operation or process in a mill: as
a. : to grind into flour, meal, or powder
b. : to shape or dress by means of a rotary cutter
c. : to mix and condition (as rubber) by passing between rotating rolls
2. : to give a raised rim or a ridged or corrugated edge to (a coin)
3. : to cut grooves in the metal surface of (as a knob)
intransitive verb
1. : to hit out with the fists
2. : to move in a circle or in an eddying mass ; also : wander
3. : to undergo milling
III. noun
Etymology: Latin mille thousand
Date: 1786
: a money of account equal to 1/10 cent
IV.
variant of mil II