Synonyms for mill
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1. mill3

   John Stuart Mill.

   Synonyms:
   , permille

2. mill3

   (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.

   Synonyms:
   wander, roam

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1. factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactorynoun

   a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, pulverisation, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, factory

2. Mill, James Millnoun

   Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, pulverisation, factory

3. Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Millnoun

   English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)

   Synonyms:
   manufacturing plant, milling machinery, manufactory, grinder, grind, pulverization, pulverisation, factory

4. mill, grinder, milling machinerynoun

   machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

   Synonyms:
   factory, submarine sandwich, grind, poor boy, zep, sub, hoagie, hero, molar, manufacturing plant, hero sandwich, pulverization, grinder, manufactory, milling machinery, bomber, submarine, hoagy, wedge, torpedo, pulverisation

5. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisationverb

   the act of grinding to a powder or dust

   Synonyms:
   drudgery, factory, grind, plodding, nerd, dweeb, manufacturing plant, powder, pulverization, grinder, swot, manufactory, milling machinery, wonk, donkeywork, pulverisation

6. mill, mill about, mill aroundverb

   move about in a confused manner

   Synonyms:
   lurk, tarry, lallygag, footle, linger, mess about, lollygag, loiter, lounge, mill about, hang around, loaf, mill around

7. millverb

   grind with a mill

   "mill grain"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

8. millverb

   produce a ridge around the edge of

   "mill a coin"

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

9. millverb

   roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

   Synonyms:
   mill about, mill around

Matched Categories

1. • Economist
   • Grind
   • Groove
   • Move
   • Philosopher
   • Plant
   • Roll Out

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   manufactory

2. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] one tenth of a cent

3. millnoun

   Synonyms:
   fight, contest

4. millverb

   Synonyms:
   stamp (as coin) on the edge

5. millverb

   Synonyms:
   full (as cloth)

6. millverb

   Synonyms:
   [Low.] beat (with the fists)

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1. List of paraphrases for "mill":

   moulin, plant, factory, sawmill, windmill, mills, plants, usine, manufactures, grinder, fabrique, bailer, steelworks, facility, factories, moulins

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1. Mark Crowther:

   The blood thinner that is most likely to be used for many of these patients is exactly the one you would use for standard, run-of-the-mill blood clots.

2. Donald Dziva of Hwedza:

   Nowadays electricity is available only from 8pm to 5am. I sleep in my mill or butchery just to catch electricity when it's switched back on. I'm forced to sell meat or refine grain at night. My losses are massive. Two of my kids may (have to) briefly stop attending college next year.

3. Dustin Jalbert:

   The logging operation, the shipping of the logs to the mill, the shipping of the finished product, getting workers back on the job, it’s not like flipping a switch to bring those back online.

4. Braddock Mayor John Fetterman:

   I don't own a suit or a tie and that's not a statement of rebellion or anything like that, it's out of deference to my community, it's out of deference to what's across the street, in terms of the mill.

5. Joseph Tacopina:

   Police said the rapper spent the night in central booking and would appear before a judge on Friday. Joseph Tacopina, Meek’s lawyer, told the New YorkDaily News that Mill was arrested because of Joseph Tacopina celebrity status. ‘ LION KING ’ PRODUCER REVEALS BOMBSHELL : MUFASA AND SCAR ARE NOT BROTHERS It really stinks of obvious targeting an individual who is a celebrity and maybe who law enforcement don't like, and it's not what the system is supposed to be about, Joseph Tacopina said. If his name was John Smith, he wouldn't have even been arrested.