📖 M — The English dictionary · page 30

mil — Everyday, meaning 1: A mil is a very small unit of thickness, one thousandth of an inch, used for plastic, wire and paper.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In some old books mil is a short word for a thousand or for a millilitre.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In informal talk «mil» can mean a million (dollars).↗ Example: The plastic sheet is 4 mils thick.↗ · A thick trash bag is 3 mil.↗ · The wire is 10 mils wide.↗ · A mil is much thinner than a millimetre.↗ · The film star earned two mil, he said.↗ · Check the box: the bags are 2 mil thick.↗

milch — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Giving milk; kept for its milk, said of cows or other animals.↗ Example: thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.↗ (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.↗ (Prophets 1SA.6.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.↗ (Prophets 1SA.6.7, JPS 1917)↗

mild — Everyday, meaning 1: Not strong, severe or extreme: «a mild illness», «a mild punishment».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of weather) Not too cold, pleasantly warm: «a mild winter».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of food) Not spicy or strong in taste: «a mild curry», «mild cheese».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Gentle and calm in nature: «a mild man».↗ Example: It's quite mild today, so you won't need a coat.↗ · I have a mild cold, not the flu.↗ · Can I have the mild curry, please?↗ · Mild cheese tastes softer than strong cheese.↗ · Mr Brown is a mild, kind man.↗ · The punishment was mild: just a warning.↗ · It was a beautiful evening, and the weather mild and clear.↗

mildew — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A thin white or grey fungus that grows on plants, walls or cloth in damp places.↗ Example: The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.↗ (Torah DEU.28.22, JPS 1917)↗ · I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye turned not to Me, saith the LORD — (Prophets HAG.2.17, JPS 1917)↗ · I have smitten you with blasting and mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured; yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets AMO.4.9, JPS 1917)↗ · If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; (Prophets 1KI.8.37, JPS 1917)↗

mildly — Everyday, meaning 1: Slightly; a little; not very much: mildly annoyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a gentle, calm way: she spoke mildly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: to put it mildly: said when the truth is even stronger than your words.↗ Example: The curry is only mildly spicy.↗ · I was mildly surprised when he turned up.↗ · «Please be quiet,» said the teacher mildly.↗ · The film was mildly funny.↗ · The trip was a disaster, to put it mildly.↗ · Lemon juice is mildly acidic.↗ · The cut was mildly painful.↗ · He was mildly annoyed when his pen ran out.↗ · “I came with him,” said Tuan mildly.↗

mildness — Everyday, meaning 1: The quality of being gentle, soft and kind; not harsh or strong.↗ Example: Her mildness calmed the frightened horse.↗ · The mildness of the spring weather pleased everyone.↗ · He answered them with mildness.↗

mile — Everyday, meaning 1: A mile is a long unit of distance; walking a mile takes about 20 minutes.↗ A mile is 1760 yards.↗ A mile is 5280 feet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Miles» can mean a very long way, as in «miles from home».↗ Example: He ran 3 miles each day.↗ · The town is 12 miles away.↗ · She drove 60 miles per hour.↗ · How many miles did he run in a week?↗ · The speed limit near the school is 20 miles per hour.↗ · We walked a mile to the lake.↗ · Grandma lives miles from the nearest shop.↗ · A marathon is about 26 miles long.↗ · She always goes the extra mile to help.↗ · A mile is longer than a kilometre.↗ · By evening he was miles away.↗

milestone — Everyday, meaning 1: A stone by the side of a road showing how many miles it is to a town.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An important event or step in someone's life or in a project, like a first word or a 100th birthday.↗ Example: The old milestone said «London 12 miles».↗ · Walking was a big milestone for my baby brother.↗ · Our school reached a milestone: 500 books read!↗ · Toad sped past milestone after milestone in his motor car.↗ · Losing your first tooth is a milestone.↗ · The Romans put milestones along their roads.↗ · Finishing the project was an important milestone for the class.↗ · The Prince hurried to the town, but Hyacinthia remained behind disguised as a white milestone on the road.↗

military — Everyday, meaning 1: Military means having to do with soldiers, the army, navy or air force, or war.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The military is a country's armed forces.↗ Example: Her dad is in the military.↗ · Soldiers marched in a military parade.↗ · The castle was built for military reasons.↗ · He wore a military uniform.↗ · The army set up a military base near the coast.↗ · The plan was carried out with military precision.↗ · Military time uses the 24-hour clock.↗ · And the Flea went into foreign military service, where it is said he was killed.↗

milk — Everyday, meaning 1: Milk is the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Milk is also the food that mother mammals make for their babies.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To milk a cow or goat is to take milk from it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To milk something is also to get as much as you can from it: «He milked the joke.».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Some plant drinks are called milk too, like oat milk or coconut milk.↗ Example: Mom buys 3 cartons of milk.↗ · Each glass holds 250 milliliters of milk.↗ · A cow gives 20 liters of milk a day.↗ · Sara drank 2 cups of milk.↗ · The farmer milks the goats every morning.↗ · Puppies drink their mother's milk.↗ · Milk has calcium, which helps build strong bones.↗ · Don't cry over spilt milk.↗ · Her offerings were cakes and milk.↗ · Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.↗ (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.'↗ (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917)↗ · His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.↗ (Torah GEN.49.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?↗ (Writings JOB.10.10, JPS 1917)↗ · His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.↗ (Writings JOB.21.24, JPS 1917)↗ · His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.↗ (Writings SNG.5.12, JPS 1917)↗

milkmaid — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A girl or woman who milks cows by hand or works in a dairy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (stories) A common character in old tales, nursery rhymes and pictures of country life.↗ Example: The milkmaid carried two buckets of milk.↗ · Edward Jenner studied a milkmaid called Sarah Nelmes.↗ · In the fable, the milkmaid dreamed of riches and spilled her milk.↗ · Milkmaids got up very early to milk the cows.↗ · The painting shows a milkmaid pouring milk.↗ · Today, milking machines do the work of the old milkmaids.↗ · “There!” cried the milkmaid angrily.↗ “See what you have done!↗

milkman — Everyday, meaning 1: A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning.↗ Example: The milkman leaves three bottles on our step.↗ · The milkman milked the cow into a pail.↗ · Our milkman comes before breakfast.↗

milkshake — Everyday, meaning 1: A cold, sweet drink made by mixing milk with ice cream and a flavour such as chocolate, strawberry or banana.↗ Example: Can I have a chocolate milkshake, please?↗ · We made banana milkshakes in the blender.↗ · The diner serves huge strawberry milkshakes.↗ · Milkshakes have lots of sugar, so they are a treat.↗ · I drank my milkshake through a straw.↗ · The milkshake was so thick I needed a spoon.↗

milkweed — Everyday, meaning 1: Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Milkweed is the only food monarch butterfly caterpillars eat.↗ Example: Monarch caterpillars eat only milkweed.↗ · We planted milkweed in the school garden to help butterflies.↗ · The milkweed pod burst and fluffy seeds floated away.↗ · Milkweed sap is white and sticky like milk.↗ · The poison in milkweed protects monarchs from birds.↗ · We found a monarch egg on a milkweed leaf.↗

milky — Everyday, meaning 1: Containing a lot of milk, or made with milk: «milky tea», «milky coffee».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: White and cloudy like milk: «milky water».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «The Milky Way» is our galaxy, which looks like a pale band of light across the night sky.↗ Example: Granny likes her tea very milky.↗ · The limewater turned milky in the experiment.↗ · We saw the Milky Way on a dark night in the countryside.↗ · The river looked milky after the rain.↗ · Our Sun is one star in the Milky Way.↗ · I have a milky drink before bed.↗ · The opal stone has a milky colour.↗

mill — Everyday, meaning 1: A mill is a building with machines for grinding grain into flour, often powered by wind or water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A factory where things like cotton, paper or steel are made.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A small machine for grinding, such as a pepper mill.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To mill around is to move about in a crowd without going anywhere special.↗ Example: The old water mill ground wheat into flour.↗ · Workers in the cotton mill worked long hours.↗ · Grind some pepper with the pepper mill.↗ · Fans milled around outside the stadium.↗ · It was just a run-of-the-mill day.↗ · The windmill's sails turned in the breeze.↗ · There he sees a mill[381] standing.↗ · No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.↗ (Torah DEU.24.6, JPS 1917)↗ · and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle.↗ (Torah EXO.11.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.↗ (Writings LAM.5.13, JPS 1917)↗

millennial — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) A person born roughly between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, who became an adult around the year 2000; also called Generation Y.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) To do with a millennium (a thousand years) or the year 2000: «millennial celebrations».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) To do with millennials: «millennial habits».↗ Example: My mum is a millennial, born in 1988.↗ · Millennials grew up as the internet arrived.↗ · There were millennial celebrations all over the world on 1 January 2000.↗ · My cousin calls Dad's jokes «so millennial».↗ · Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha are different generations.↗ · Some millennials remember dial-up internet.↗ · The town planted a millennial oak tree in 2000.↗ · The castle has stood for a millennial span – a whole thousand years.↗

millennium — Everyday, meaning 1: A millennium is a period of a thousand years.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «The millennium» often means the moment when a new thousand years starts in the calendar, celebrated with big parties and fireworks.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Bible, church) The Millennium is a thousand-year reign of Christ described in the Book of Revelation, which Christians understand in different ways.↗ Example: A millennium is a thousand years.↗ · Ten centuries make a millennium.↗ · The pyramids have stood for several millennia.↗ · People celebrated the new millennium with fireworks.↗ · Rivers shape valleys over millennia.↗ · How many decades are in a millennium?↗ One hundred.↗

miller — Everyday, meaning 1: A miller is a person who owns or works in a mill, grinding grain into flour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Miller is also a common family name.↗ Example: The miller ground the wheat into flour.↗ · In the story, the miller's daughter had to spin straw into gold.↗ · The miller lived next to the watermill.↗ · Farmers took their grain to the miller.↗ · My teacher is called Mrs Miller.↗ · The old miller was covered in white flour.↗ · ‘We don’t know,’ answered the miller.↗ · Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Miller calls attention to the recent change of view in reference to several im- portant qnestions in the history of elementary mathematics.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

millet — Everyday, meaning 1: A kind of grass grown for its small round seeds, which are eaten as grain by people and animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The seeds of this plant, used for porridge, flatbread and bird food.↗ Example: We fed the budgie some millet.↗ · Millet grows well where there is little rain.↗ · In some countries people eat millet porridge for breakfast.↗ · Millet seeds are small and round.↗ · The farmers harvested the millet by hand.↗ · Bird seed often contains millet.↗ · Millet flour can be made into flatbread.↗ · Make some gruel of red millet, and give to it.’↗