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mill about

mill about verb: to move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.

Verb

mill about (third-person singular simple present mills about, present participle milling about, simple past and past participle milled about)

  1. (intransitive, usually) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
    Synonyms:
    mill around

Synonyms of mill about

Forms of mill about

third-person singular presentmills about
present participlemilling about
past participlemilled about
pastmilled about

Questions about mill about

What does mill about mean?
Mill about means to move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
What part of speech is mill about?
Mill about is a verb.
What is the past tense of mill about?
The past tense of mill about is milled about.

Words near mill about in the dictionary

  1. Milky-Way
  2. Milky-Way Galaxy
  3. milky-white
  4. Milkyway
  5. mill
  6. mill about
  7. mill around
  8. mill bar
  9. mill bars
  10. mill car
  11. mill cinder

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