noun
    
    plural mills
    
    [count] a building with machinery for grinding grain into flour
    
    a machine for grinding grain
    
    a small machine for grinding or crushing pepper, coffee, etc.
    
    
    
    a building in which a particular product is made :factory
    
    
    
    
    
    something that is compared to a factory because it produces things in large numbers or in a mechanical way
    
    
    
    
    
    grist for/to your/the mill
    
    
    
    through the mill
    
    chiefly Brit :through a very difficult experience
    
    
    
    verb
    
    mills; milled; milling
    
    [+ obj] :to produce (something) in a mill especially by grinding, crushing, or cutting it
    
    
    
    [no obj] of a group of people :to walk around in a general area without any particular aim or purpose
    
    
    
    usually + around or (chiefly Brit) about
    
    
    
    variant spelling of mil