Skip to content

mill

Dictionary definition · Mill

noun

  1. Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
  2. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
  3. English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
  4. machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
  5. the act of grinding to a powder or dust

verb

  1. move about in a confused manner
  2. grind with a mill"mill grain"
  3. produce a ridge around the edge of"mill a coin"
  4. roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).