mill
verb/mɪl/
/mɪl/
[often passive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they mill | /mɪl/ /mɪl/ |
| he / she / it mills | /mɪlz/ /mɪlz/ |
| past simple milled | /mɪld/ /mɪld/ |
| past participle milled | /mɪld/ /mɪld/ |
| -ing form milling | /ˈmɪlɪŋ/ /ˈmɪlɪŋ/ |
- mill something to grind something (= break or press it into very small pieces) in a millWord OriginOld English mylen, based on late Latin molinum, from Latin mola ‘grindstone, mill’, from molere ‘to grind’.
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