About The Word Mull
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What's The Definition Of Mull?
[n] an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
[n] a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre" [v] reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [v] heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mull: chew over | contemplate | excogotate | meditate | mull over | muse | ponder | reflect | ruminate | speculate | think over Related Terms | Find terms related to Mull: addle | ball up | befuddle | benumb | bewilder | blunt | botch | botchery | candy | chafe | chew over | con | consider | contemplate | cook | dally | deliberate over | desensitize | dillydally | discombobulate | distract | dulcify | dull | edulcorate | electric-heat | evaluate | examine | fire | fire up | foment | fuddle | gas-heat | glaze | hash | heat | honey | hot | hot up | hot-air-heat | hot-water-heat | linger | loiter | mix-up | muddle | mull over | muse on | muss | numb | overheat | poke | ponder | preheat | procrastinate | put off | recook | reheat | review | ruminate over | saccharify | shambles | steam | stoke up | study | sugar | sugar off | sugarcoat | superheat | sweeten | tarry | tepefy | think about | think over | throw off | turn over | warm | warm over | warm up | weigh See Also | bethink | brood | cerebrate | cogitate | consider | dulcify | dulcorate | dwell | edulcorate | foreland | headland | Inner Hebrides | introspect | island | premeditate | promontory | puzzle | question | study | sweeten | theologise | theologize | think | wonder | worry Mull In Webster's Dictionary \Mull\ (m[u^]l), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See
{Muslin}.]
A thin, soft kind of muslin.
\Mull\, n. [Icel. m[=u]li a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir. & Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W. moel. Cf. {Mouth}.] 1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.] 2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. \Mull\, n. [Prob. akin to mold. [root]108. See {Mold}.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] --Gower. \Mull\, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d {Muller}.] To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.] \Mull\, v. i. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq. U.S.] \Mull\, n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. \Mull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mulling}.] [From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; OE. mold-ale funeral ale or banquet. See {Mold} soil.] 1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. New cider, mulled with ginger warm. --Gay. 2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. --Shak. |
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