mill
/mɪl/ verbo C2En español: moler, pulir, fresar, vagar
- To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine. · to mill flour
- To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- To move about in an aimless fashion. · I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.
- To cause to mill, or circle around. · to mill cattle
- To swim underwater.
- To swim suddenly in a new direction, or to circle around.
- To beat; to pound.
He/she/it mills · Pasado milled · Participio pasado milled · Forma en -ing milling
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- Forma en -ing
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Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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The Ass, on the contrary, had much work to do in grinding the corn-mill and in carrying wood from the forest or burdens from the farm.
A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle.
Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle.” “Forbear,” said the Miller to him, “harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.”
The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, “How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens;” and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest.
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