ALL meanings of through the mill
through the mill
T t - noun through the mill a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles. 1
- noun through the mill a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products. 1
- noun through the mill a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance: a coffee mill. 1
- noun through the mill any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work: rolling mill. 1
- noun through the mill any of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations. 1
- noun through the mill 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 through the mill Machinery. a cutter on a milling machine. 1
- noun through the mill a steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate. 1
- noun through the mill Mining. a place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore. 1
- noun through the mill Slang. a boxing match or fistfight. 1
- verb with object through the mill to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a mill. 1
- verb with object through the mill 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 through the mill to beat or stir, as to a froth: to mill chocolate. 1
- verb with object through the mill Slang. to beat or strike; fight; overcome. 1
- verb without object through the mill to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often followed by about or around). 1
- verb without object through the mill Slang. to fight or box. 1
- idioms through the mill 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 through the mill through a hard, painful, instructive experience, training, test, etc. 0