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  • 1mill about — phrasal verb mill around or mill about [intransitive] Word forms mill around : present tense I/you/we/they mill around he/she/it mills around present participle milling around past tense milled around past participle milled around informal… …

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  • 2mill about — verb 1. be about (Freq. 1) The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑ …

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  • 3mill about — See mill around …

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  • 4mill about/around — (of people or animals) move around in a confused mass. → mill …

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  • 5mill — ► NOUN 1) a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour. 2) a device or piece of machinery for grinding grain or other solid substances. 3) a building fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process. ► VERB 1) grind in a mill …

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  • 6mill around — {v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./ …

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  • 7mill around — {v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./ …

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  • 8mill around — mill about people were milling about in the streets Syn: throng, swarm, crowd …

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  • 9mill around — verb 1. be about The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag …

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  • 10mill — I n. machine for grinding 1) a coffee; pepper mill factory 2) a flour; lumber; paper; rolling; steel; textile mill place where results are achieved in a quick, routine way 3) a diploma; divorce; marriage; propaganda mill misc. 4) to go through… …

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