- present participle of mill.
milling
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millings
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an act or instance of subjecting something to the operation of a mill.
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an act or process of producing plane or shaped surfaces with a milling machine.
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Coining.
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an act or process of making a raised edge on a coin or the like.
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an act or process of making narrow, radial grooves on such a raised edge.
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a number of grooves so made.
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Slang. a beating or thrashing.
noun
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the act or process of grinding, cutting, pressing, or crushing in a mill
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the vertical grooves or fluting on the edge of a coin, etc
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(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
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The vans belong to young Israeli squatters who play their own waiting game, smoking cigarettes and milling about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
That approach can restrict the complexity of possible designs and carries a risk of micro-cracking during milling or sintering.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
AFP on Saturday saw migrant minors milling around in a disused industrial park in Ceuta, while others dozed on the pavements outside.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
In addition to the extra security guards milling about, many of the areas that were formerly open to the public were closed off by fences and guarded exits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The next weekend, the largest crowd that had ever come to Cape Coalwood showed up, nearly three hundred milling people, even a few from the Welch side of the county.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Todd said in the release that millings will be placed around the barricades to keep them from being moved.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2015
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