mill about/around

mill about/around
(of people or animals) move around in a confused mass.
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  • mill about — phrasal verb mill around or mill about [intransitive] Word forms mill around : present tense I/you/we/they mill around he/she/it mills around present participle milling around past tense milled around past participle milled around informal… …   English dictionary

  • mill about — verb 1. be about (Freq. 1) The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mill about — See mill around …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • mill — ► NOUN 1) a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour. 2) a device or piece of machinery for grinding grain or other solid substances. 3) a building fitted with machinery for a manufacturing process. ► VERB 1) grind in a mill …   English terms dictionary

  • mill — I n. machine for grinding 1) a coffee; pepper mill factory 2) a flour; lumber; paper; rolling; steel; textile mill place where results are achieved in a quick, routine way 3) a diploma; divorce; marriage; propaganda mill misc. 4) to go through… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • mill — mill1 noun 1》 a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.     ↘a piece of machinery for grinding grain. 2》 a domestic device for grinding a solid substance to powder: a pepper mill. 3》 a building fitted with machinery for a… …   English new terms dictionary

  • mill around — {v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • mill around — {v. phr.} To move impatiently in no particular direction. * /The crowd milled around, waiting for the arrival of the president./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • mill around — mill about people were milling about in the streets Syn: throng, swarm, crowd …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • mill around — verb 1. be about The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square Who is this man that is hanging around the department? • Syn: ↑loiter, ↑lounge, ↑footle, ↑lollygag, ↑loaf, ↑lallygag …   Useful english dictionary

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