to cogitate or ponder: usually with over
Origin of mull
Middle English mullen, to grind from mul, dust from Old English myl, dust: for Indo-European base see mold
verb
- To mull is to ponder over or think about something for a long time.
An example of to mull is to consider an offer for five days.
- To mull is defined as to add spices to wine or cider.
An example of to mull is adding cinnamon and cloves to apple cider.
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mull
to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices (wine, cider, ale, etc.)
Origin of mull
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps a thin, soft muslin
Origin of mull
contr. from mulmul from and Persian malmalMull
island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland: 351 sq mi (909 sq km)
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mull
transitive verb
mulled, mull·ing, mullsTo heat and spice (wine, for example).
Origin of mull
Origin unknownverb
mulled, mull·ing, mullsverb
transitiveTo think about extensively; ponder.
verb
intransitiveTo ruminate; ponder: mull over a plan.
Origin of mull
Probably Middle English mollen, mullen to moisten, crumble ; see moil .noun
A soft thin muslin used in dresses and for trimmings.
Origin of mull
Short for mulmull from Hindi malmalMull
An island of western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides. It is separated from the mainland on the northeast by the Sound of Mull.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present mulls, present participle mulling, simple past and past participle mulled)
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural mulls)
- A thin, soft muslin.
- (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
- A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
- The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
- An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
Noun
(plural mulls)
- (Scotland) A promontory.
- the Mull of Kintyre
- A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
Origin
Probably related to mould.
Proper noun
- An island in the Inner Hebrides.
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Sentence Examples
- She didn't have much time alone to mull their conversation or her troubled thoughts.
- Later in the year he made an expedition to Mull, when he obtained other MSS.
- I have to mull it around in my head a bit more if you don't mind.
- As he drove back to town, he continued to mull over what Under Sheriff Larkin had said about Fitzgerald.
- There I'd try to get some time alone with my wife and mull through this train ride to oblivion.
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