MILL AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mill around mean? 

• MILL AROUND (verb)
  The verb MILL AROUND has 2 senses:

1. be about

2. move about in a confused manner

  Familiarity information: MILL AROUND used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILL AROUND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be about

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

footle; hang around; lallygag; linger; loaf; loiter; lollygag; lounge; lurk; mess about; mill about; mill around; tarry

Context example:

Who is this man that is hanging around the department?

Hypernyms (to "mill around" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mill around"):

lurch; prowl (loiter about, with no apparent aim)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move about in a confused manner

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

mill; mill about; mill around

Hypernyms (to "mill around" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s