a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.

a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour and other cereal products.

a machine for grinding, crushing, or pulverizing any solid substance

a coffee mill.

any of various machines that modify the shape or size of a workpiece by rotating tools or the work

rolling mill.

any of various other apparatuses for shaping materials or performing other mechanical operations.

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.

Machinery . a cutter on a milling machine.

a steel roller for receiving and transferring an impressed design, as to a calico-printing cylinder or a banknote-printing plate.

Mining . a place or set of machinery for crushing or concentrating ore.

Slang . a boxing match or fistfight.

to grind, work, treat, or shape in or with a 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).

to beat or stir, as to a froth

to mill chocolate.

Slang . to beat or strike; fight; overcome.

to move around aimlessly, slowly, or confusedly, as a herd of cattle (often fol. by about or around ).

Slang . to fight or box. ?

through the mill, Informal . undergoing or having undergone severe difficulties, trials, etc., esp. with an effect on one's health, personality

or character

He's really been through the mill since his wife's death.

noun

foundry , manufactory , plant , shop , sweatshop , works , factory

verb

comminute , crush , granulate , grate , pound , powder , press , pulverize , bray , grind , triturate , beat , box , device , dress , fight , finish , knurl , polish , roam , shape , thrash , transform