--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 30 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 30 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A mil is a very small unit of thickness, one thousandth of an inch, used for plastic, wire and paper.[↗](../../mil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In some old books mil is a short word for a thousand or for a millilitre.[↗](../../mil/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In informal talk «mil» can mean a million (dollars).[↗](../../mil/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plastic sheet is 4 mils thick.[↗](../../mil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A thick trash bag is 3 mil.[↗](../../mil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wire is 10 mils wide.[↗](../../mil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A mil is much thinner than a millimetre.[↗](../../mil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film star earned two mil, he said.[↗](../../mil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the box: the bags are 2 mil thick.[↗](../../mil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **milch** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Giving milk; kept for its milk, said of cows or other animals.[↗](../../milch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.[↗](../../milch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.[↗](../../milch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../milch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.6.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mild** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not strong, severe or extreme: «a mild illness», «a mild punishment».[↗](../../mild/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of weather) Not too cold, pleasantly warm: «a mild winter».[↗](../../mild/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of food) Not spicy or strong in taste: «a mild curry», «mild cheese».[↗](../../mild/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Gentle and calm in nature: «a mild man».[↗](../../mild/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's quite mild today, so you won't need a coat.[↗](../../mild/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a mild cold, not the flu.[↗](../../mild/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have the mild curry, please?[↗](../../mild/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mild cheese tastes softer than strong cheese.[↗](../../mild/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Brown is a mild, kind man.[↗](../../mild/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The punishment was mild: just a warning.[↗](../../mild/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a beautiful evening, and the weather mild and clear.[↗](../../mild/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mildew** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A thin white or grey fungus that grows on plants, walls or cloth in damp places.[↗](../../mildew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *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.[↗](../../mildew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mildew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 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)[↗](../../mildew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../mildew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.4.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mildew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 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)[↗](../../mildew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **mildly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slightly; a little; not very much: mildly annoyed.[↗](../../mildly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a gentle, calm way: she spoke mildly.[↗](../../mildly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* to put it mildly: said when the truth is even stronger than your words.[↗](../../mildly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The curry is only mildly spicy.[↗](../../mildly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I was mildly surprised when he turned up.[↗](../../mildly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Please be quiet,» said the teacher mildly.[↗](../../mildly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was mildly funny.[↗](../../mildly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip was a disaster, to put it mildly.[↗](../../mildly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lemon juice is mildly acidic.[↗](../../mildly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cut was mildly painful.[↗](../../mildly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was mildly annoyed when his pen ran out.[↗](../../mildly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “I came with him,” said Tuan mildly.[↗](../../mildly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mildness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The quality of being gentle, soft and kind; not harsh or strong.[↗](../../mildness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her mildness calmed the frightened horse.[↗](../../mildness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mildness of the spring weather pleased everyone.[↗](../../mildness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He answered them with mildness.[↗](../../mildness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mile is a long unit of distance; walking a mile takes about 20 minutes.[↗](../../mile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A mile is 1760 yards.[↗](../../mile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A mile is 5280 feet.[↗](../../mile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Miles» can mean a very long way, as in «miles from home».[↗](../../mile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He ran 3 miles each day.[↗](../../mile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is 12 miles away.[↗](../../mile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She drove 60 miles per hour.[↗](../../mile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many miles did he run in a week?[↗](../../mile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The speed limit near the school is 20 miles per hour.[↗](../../mile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked a mile to the lake.[↗](../../mile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma lives miles from the nearest shop.[↗](../../mile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A marathon is about 26 miles long.[↗](../../mile/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She always goes the extra mile to help.[↗](../../mile/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A mile is longer than a kilometre.[↗](../../mile/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · By evening he was miles away.[↗](../../mile/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **milestone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stone by the side of a road showing how many miles it is to a town.[↗](../../milestone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An important event or step in someone's life or in a project, like a first word or a 100th birthday.[↗](../../milestone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old milestone said «London 12 miles».[↗](../../milestone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking was a big milestone for my baby brother.[↗](../../milestone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school reached a milestone: 500 books read\![↗](../../milestone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad sped past milestone after milestone in his motor car.[↗](../../milestone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing your first tooth is a milestone.[↗](../../milestone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Romans put milestones along their roads.[↗](../../milestone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Finishing the project was an important milestone for the class.[↗](../../milestone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Prince hurried to the town, but Hyacinthia remained behind disguised as a white milestone on the road.[↗](../../milestone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **military** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Military means having to do with soldiers, the army, navy or air force, or war.[↗](../../military/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The military is a country's armed forces.[↗](../../military/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her dad is in the military.[↗](../../military/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers marched in a military parade.[↗](../../military/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle was built for military reasons.[↗](../../military/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He wore a military uniform.[↗](../../military/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The army set up a military base near the coast.[↗](../../military/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan was carried out with military precision.[↗](../../military/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Military time uses the 24-hour clock.[↗](../../military/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Flea went into foreign military service, where it is said he was killed.[↗](../../military/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **milk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Milk is the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other animals.[↗](../../milk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Milk is also the food that mother mammals make for their babies.[↗](../../milk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To milk a cow or goat is to take milk from it.[↗](../../milk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To milk something is also to get as much as you can from it: «He milked the joke.».[↗](../../milk/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Some plant drinks are called milk too, like oat milk or coconut milk.[↗](../../milk/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mom buys 3 cartons of milk.[↗](../../milk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each glass holds 250 milliliters of milk.[↗](../../milk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A cow gives 20 liters of milk a day.[↗](../../milk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sara drank 2 cups of milk.[↗](../../milk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer milks the goats every morning.[↗](../../milk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Puppies drink their mother's milk.[↗](../../milk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk has calcium, which helps build strong bones.[↗](../../milk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't cry over spilt milk.[↗](../../milk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Her offerings were cakes and milk.[↗](../../milk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.[↗](../../milk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milk/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.'[↗](../../milk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milk/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.[↗](../../milk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milk/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?[↗](../../milk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.10.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milk/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.[↗](../../milk/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milk/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set.[↗](../../milk/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../milk/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **milkmaid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A girl or woman who milks cows by hand or works in a dairy.[↗](../../milkmaid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (stories) A common character in old tales, nursery rhymes and pictures of country life.[↗](../../milkmaid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The milkmaid carried two buckets of milk.[↗](../../milkmaid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Edward Jenner studied a milkmaid called Sarah Nelmes.[↗](../../milkmaid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fable, the milkmaid dreamed of riches and spilled her milk.[↗](../../milkmaid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Milkmaids got up very early to milk the cows.[↗](../../milkmaid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting shows a milkmaid pouring milk.[↗](../../milkmaid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Today, milking machines do the work of the old milkmaids.[↗](../../milkmaid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “There!” cried the milkmaid angrily.[↗](../../milkmaid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") “See what you have done\![↗](../../milkmaid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **milkman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A milkman is a man who brings or sells milk, often to houses in the morning.[↗](../../milkman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The milkman leaves three bottles on our step.[↗](../../milkman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The milkman milked the cow into a pail.[↗](../../milkman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our milkman comes before breakfast.[↗](../../milkman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **milkshake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cold, sweet drink made by mixing milk with ice cream and a flavour such as chocolate, strawberry or banana.[↗](../../milkshake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I have a chocolate milkshake, please?[↗](../../milkshake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made banana milkshakes in the blender.[↗](../../milkshake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The diner serves huge strawberry milkshakes.[↗](../../milkshake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Milkshakes have lots of sugar, so they are a treat.[↗](../../milkshake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I drank my milkshake through a straw.[↗](../../milkshake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The milkshake was so thick I needed a spoon.[↗](../../milkshake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **milkweed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds.[↗](../../milkweed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Milkweed is the only food monarch butterfly caterpillars eat.[↗](../../milkweed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Monarch caterpillars eat only milkweed.[↗](../../milkweed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted milkweed in the school garden to help butterflies.[↗](../../milkweed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The milkweed pod burst and fluffy seeds floated away.[↗](../../milkweed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Milkweed sap is white and sticky like milk.[↗](../../milkweed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poison in milkweed protects monarchs from birds.[↗](../../milkweed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a monarch egg on a milkweed leaf.[↗](../../milkweed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **milky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Containing a lot of milk, or made with milk: «milky tea», «milky coffee».[↗](../../milky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* White and cloudy like milk: «milky water».[↗](../../milky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The Milky Way» is our galaxy, which looks like a pale band of light across the night sky.[↗](../../milky/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Granny likes her tea very milky.[↗](../../milky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The limewater turned milky in the experiment.[↗](../../milky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the Milky Way on a dark night in the countryside.[↗](../../milky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The river looked milky after the rain.[↗](../../milky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our Sun is one star in the Milky Way.[↗](../../milky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a milky drink before bed.[↗](../../milky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The opal stone has a milky colour.[↗](../../milky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mill is a building with machines for grinding grain into flour, often powered by wind or water.[↗](../../mill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A factory where things like cotton, paper or steel are made.[↗](../../mill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A small machine for grinding, such as a pepper mill.[↗](../../mill/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To mill around is to move about in a crowd without going anywhere special.[↗](../../mill/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old water mill ground wheat into flour.[↗](../../mill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers in the cotton mill worked long hours.[↗](../../mill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grind some pepper with the pepper mill.[↗](../../mill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fans milled around outside the stadium.[↗](../../mill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was just a run-of-the-mill day.[↗](../../mill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The windmill's sails turned in the breeze.[↗](../../mill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There he sees a mill\[381\] standing.[↗](../../mill/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.[↗](../../mill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../mill/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.11.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mill/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The young men have borne the mill, and the children have stumbled under the wood.[↗](../../mill/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mill/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **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.[↗](../../millennial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) To do with a millennium (a thousand years) or the year 2000: «millennial celebrations».[↗](../../millennial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) To do with millennials: «millennial habits».[↗](../../millennial/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My mum is a millennial, born in 1988.[↗](../../millennial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Millennials grew up as the internet arrived.[↗](../../millennial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There were millennial celebrations all over the world on 1 January 2000.[↗](../../millennial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin calls Dad's jokes «so millennial».[↗](../../millennial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha are different generations.[↗](../../millennial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some millennials remember dial-up internet.[↗](../../millennial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The town planted a millennial oak tree in 2000.[↗](../../millennial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle has stood for a millennial span – a whole thousand years.[↗](../../millennial/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **millennium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A millennium is a period of a thousand years.[↗](../../millennium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The millennium» often means the moment when a new thousand years starts in the calendar, celebrated with big parties and fireworks.[↗](../../millennium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *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.[↗](../../millennium/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A millennium is a thousand years.[↗](../../millennium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ten centuries make a millennium.[↗](../../millennium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pyramids have stood for several millennia.[↗](../../millennium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People celebrated the new millennium with fireworks.[↗](../../millennium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rivers shape valleys over millennia.[↗](../../millennium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · How many decades are in a millennium?[↗](../../millennium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") One hundred.[↗](../../millennium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **miller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A miller is a person who owns or works in a mill, grinding grain into flour.[↗](../../miller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Miller is also a common family name.[↗](../../miller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The miller ground the wheat into flour.[↗](../../miller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the miller's daughter had to spin straw into gold.[↗](../../miller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The miller lived next to the watermill.[↗](../../miller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers took their grain to the miller.[↗](../../miller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher is called Mrs Miller.[↗](../../miller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old miller was covered in white flour.[↗](../../miller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘We don’t know,’ answered the miller.[↗](../../miller/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic.[↗](../../miller/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../miller/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Miller calls attention to the recent change of view in reference to several im- portant qnestions in the history of elementary mathematics.[↗](../../miller/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../miller/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **millet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kind of grass grown for its small round seeds, which are eaten as grain by people and animals.[↗](../../millet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The seeds of this plant, used for porridge, flatbread and bird food.[↗](../../millet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We fed the budgie some millet.[↗](../../millet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Millet grows well where there is little rain.[↗](../../millet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In some countries people eat millet porridge for breakfast.[↗](../../millet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Millet seeds are small and round.[↗](../../millet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers harvested the millet by hand.[↗](../../millet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bird seed often contains millet.[↗](../../millet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Millet flour can be made into flatbread.[↗](../../millet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Make some gruel of red millet, and give to it.’[↗](../../millet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/29/) **30** 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