ALL meanings of milling
mill·ing
M m - noun milling Mining. a place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore. 1
- noun milling Slang. a boxing match or fistfight. 1
- verb with object milling to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a mill. 1
- verb with object milling Coining. to make a raised edge on (a coin or the like). to make narrow, radial grooves on the raised edge of (a coin or the like). 1
- verb with object milling to beat or stir, as to a froth: to mill chocolate. 1
- verb with object milling Slang. to beat or strike; fight; overcome. 1
- verb without object milling to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often followed by about or around). 1
- verb without object milling Slang. to fight or box. 1
- idioms milling through the mill, Informal. undergoing or having undergone severe difficulties, trials, etc., especially with an effect on one's health, personality, or character: He's really been through the mill since his wife's death. 1
- noun milling The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated. 1
- noun milling act of 1
- noun milling a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles. 1
- noun milling a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products. 1
- noun milling a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance: a coffee mill. 1
- noun milling any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work: rolling mill. 1
- noun milling any of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations. 1
- noun milling a business or institution that dispenses products or services in an impersonal or mechanical manner, as if produced in a factory: a divorce mill; a diploma mill. 1
- noun milling Machinery. a cutter on a milling machine. 1
- noun milling a steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate. 1
- adjective milling The people in a milling crowd move around within a particular place or area, so that the movement of the whole crowd looks very confused. 0
- noun milling the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill 0
- noun milling the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc 0
- noun milling (in W North America) a method of halting a stampede of cattle by turning the leaders in a wide arc until the herd turns in upon itself in a tightening spiral 0
- abbreviation MILLING mill1 0
- noun milling the process or business of grinding grain into flour or meal 0
- noun milling the grinding, cutting, or processing of metal, cloth, etc. in a mill 0
- noun milling the process of ridging the edge of a coin, etc. 0
- noun milling the ridging thus produced; milled edge 0
- noun milling circular or random motion of or as of a herd or crowd 0
- noun milling Milling is the process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing a material in a special machine. 0