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English meaning

  • mill noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.

Senses

磨 is used for these senses in English:

  • mill (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

mill — full definition

  1. noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.
  2. noun A factory that processes a raw material, such as paper, steel, or cloth.
  3. noun An institution or business that churns out large quantities of something with little regard for quality, often used dismissively.
  4. verb To grind, cut, or shape material using a mill or milling machine.
  5. verb Of a crowd, to move around aimlessly or in a disorganised way (usually as "mill about/around").

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