Mill

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)

   “Pepper has a stronger flavor when it is ground straight from a mill.”

2. isim The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

   “My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.”

3. isim A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.

   “a cider mill; a cane mill”

4. isim A machine for grinding and polishing.

   “a lapidary mill”

5. isim A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.

   “Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.”

6. isim A milling cutter used on such a machine.

   “After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.”

7. isim A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.

   “Once the billet gets through the 56-inch mill, it is ready for reheating.”

8. isim The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.

   “My grandfather worked in a mill. He operated machinery, did maintenance, and drove forklifts.”

9. isim An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)

   “Those shysters selling the purebreds are running quite a mill over there, eh?”

10. isim An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.

    “Those shysters cranking out the "IT training certificates" are running quite a mill over there, eh?”

11. isim An engine.

    “Under the hood is a mill that you and I can't afford — a nitrous-blown hemi with custom heads.”

12. isim A boxing match or fistfight.

    “They were betting big on a great mill, but they didn't realize that the fix was in.”

13. isim A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
14. isim An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.

    “They pulled me off the main crew and had me digging in the mill.”

15. isim A passage underground through which ore is shot.

    “The geologists were responsible for keeping the work within the mill.”

16. isim The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
17. isim A prison treadmill.

    “They kept us in line by threatening to put us on the mill twice as long if we complained.”

18. isim A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.

    “He spent some time in the mill after that escapade.”

19. isim A delousing station: a cootie mill.
20. isim A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.

    “In other words, get a mill in your operating position by hook or crook and use it regularly. At the N.C.R. Radio Schools touch typing is taught at the same time code proficiency is advanced.”

21. fiil To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

    “to mill flour”

22. fiil To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
23. fiil To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
24. fiil 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.”

25. fiil To cause to mill, or circle around.

    “to mill cattle”

26. fiil To swim underwater.
27. fiil To swim suddenly in a new direction.
28. fiil To beat; to pound.

    “[…]he had “milled” a policeman”

29. fiil To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
30. fiil To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.