milling
US: /ˈmɪɫɪŋ/
UK: /mˈɪlɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
milling /'miliɳ/- danh từ
- sự xay, sự nghiền, sự cán
- sự khía cạnh; sự làm gờ (đồng tiền)
- (từ lóng) sự giâ, sự đánh, sự tẩn
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective [only before noun]1 connected with the work of GRINDING grain, etc. to make flour: milling machines
2 (of people) moving around in a large mass: I had to fight my way through the milling crowd.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 grinder, quern, crusher, roller:
In many parts of the world, corn is still ground by hand in a stone mill
2 plant, factory, works, workshop, shop, foundry:
This mill turns out rolled steel.
3 been through the mill. experienced, knowledgeable, sophisticated, toughened, hardened, seasoned, battle-scarred, Colloq been through the wringer, in the know:
He's been through the mill and knows what to expect.
4 run-of-the-mill. average, unexceptional, ordinary, common, unremarkable, everyday, basic, simple, Brit common-or-garden variety, US garden-variety:
Critics found her voice pleasant but rather run-of-the-mill.
v.
5 grind, crush, comminute, powder, pulverize, grate, granulate, pound, triturate, masticate, bray; crunch, mince:
Flour milled to a very fine consistency is more suitable for pastries than for breads
6 mill about or around. meander, wander, walk, stroll, amble, move about or around, crowd, throng, swarm:
There were quite a few people milling about our stand at the trade fair.
Concise dictionary
mills|milled|millingmɪlnoun
+a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
+Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
+English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
+machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
+the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
+move about in a confused manner
+grind with a mill
+produce a ridge around the edge of
+roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
