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mlýn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mill noun A machine, or the building housing it, used to grind grain into flour.
  • ruck noun A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
  • scrum noun A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.

Senses

mlýn is used for these senses in English:

  • mill The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
  • scrum (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.

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").

ruck — full definition

  1. noun A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
  2. noun In Australian rules football
  3. noun A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.
  4. noun A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman.

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