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Noun mill has 5 senses

factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory - a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
--₁ is a kind of architect, designer; plant, works, industrial plant; architect, designer; plant, works, industrial plant
--₁ has parts: production line, assembly line, line; shop floor
--₁ has particulars:

assembly plant; automobile factory, auto factory, car factory; cannery; chemical plant; foundry, metalworks; lumbermill, sawmill; paper mill; stamp mill, stamping mill; steel mill, steelworks, steel plant, steel factory; sweatshop; textile mill

Mill, James Mill - Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
--₂ is a kind of philosopher; philosopher
Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill - English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
--₃ is a kind of philosopher; economist, economic expert; philosopher; economist, economic expert
mill, grinder - machine that processes materials by grinding or crushing
--₄ is a kind of machine; machine
--₄ has particulars:
cider mill; coffee mill, coffee grinder; flour mill; gristmill; meat grinder; pepper mill, pepper grinder; quern; spicemill; treadmill, treadwheel, tread-wheel; water mill; windmill

Derived form: verb mill₂
grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation - the act of grinding to a powder or dust
--₅ is a kind of crush, crunch, compaction; crush, crunch, compaction

Derived form: verb mill₂

Verb mill has 4 senses

mill, mill about, mill around - move about in a confused manner
--₁ is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
mill - grind with a mill; "mill grain"
--₂ is one way to grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute

Derived forms: noun mill₅, noun mill₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
mill - produce a ridge around the edge of; "mill a coin"
--₃ is one way to groove

Derived form: noun milling₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
mill - roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
--₄ is one way to roll out, roll
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something