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[muhl] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to study or ruminate; ponder. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to think about carefully; consider (often fol. by over): to mull over an idea. |
| 3. | to make a mess or failure of. |
Synonyms:
1. consider, weigh.
1. consider, weigh.
mull
2 [muhl] –verb (used with object)
| to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices for drinking, as ale or wine. |
Origin:
1610–20; orig. uncert.
1610–20; orig. uncert.
mull
3 [muhl] –noun
| a soft, thin muslin. |
Origin:
1790–1800; earlier mulmul < Hindi malmal
1790–1800; earlier mulmul < Hindi malmal
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4 [muhl] –verb (used with object) Metallurgy.
| to mix (clay and sand) under a roller for use in preparing a mold. |
Origin:
1400–50; cf. dial.: to crumble, pulverize, ME mollen, mullen, orig., to moisten, soften by wetting; see moil
1400–50; cf. dial.: to crumble, pulverize, ME mollen, mullen, orig., to moisten, soften by wetting; see moil
Mull
[muhl] –noun
| an island in the Hebrides, in W Scotland. 3185; ab. 351 sq. mi. (910 sq. km). |
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| mull 1 (mŭl) tr.v. mulled, mull·ing, mulls To heat and spice (wine, for example). [Origin unknown.] |
| mull 2 (mŭl) v. mulled, mull·ing, mulls v. tr. To go over extensively in the mind; ponder. v. intr. To ruminate; ponder: mull over a plan. [Probably Middle English mollen, mullen, to moisten, crumble; see moil.] |
| mull 3 (mŭl) n. A soft thin muslin used in dresses and for trimmings. [Short for mulmull, from Hindi malmal.] |
| Mull (mŭl) 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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Mull
Mull\ (m[u^]l), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin.] A thin, soft kind of muslin.Mull
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
Mull\, n. [Prob. akin to mold. [root]108. See Mold.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] --Gower.Mull
Mull\, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.] To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]Mull
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
Mull\, n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.Mull
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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Language Translation for : mull
Spanish:
burbuja,
German:
die Blase,
Japanese:
気泡
mull (v.1)
"ponder," 1873, perhaps ult. from M.E. mullyn "grind to powder, pulverize," from molle "dust, ashes, rubbish," probably from M.Du. mul "grit, loose earth," related to mill. But Webster's (1879) defined it as "to work steadily without accomplishing much," which may connect it to earlier identical word in athletics sense of "to botch, muff" (1862).
mull (v.2)
"sweeten, spice and heat a drink," 1607, perhaps from Du. mol, a kind of white, sweet beer, or from Flem. molle a kind of beer.
mull (n.)
"promontory" (in Scottish place names), 1375, probably from O.N. muli "snout, muzzle, a jutting crag."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1mull
Pronunciation: 'm&l
Function: transitive verb
: to grind or mix thoroughly (as in a mortar) :
Main Entry: 2mull
Function: noun
1 : a soft fine sheer fabric of cotton, silk, or rayon
2 : an ointment of high melting pointintended to be spread on muslin or mull and used like a plaster
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Mull
second largest island of the Inner Hebrides group, in the Argyll and Bute council area, historic county of Argyllshire, Scotland. Mull lies off the western coast of the Scottish mainland across the Sound of Mull and the Firth of Lorn. The island is mountainous-reaching an elevation of 3,169 feet (966 metres) at Ben More-and its coastline is deeply indented. Granite is quarried on Mull, and the island's limited farmland is predominantly devoted to sheep and cattle grazing. There are several ancient castles, including Aros and Duart. Tobermory, the largest settlement on Mull, was founded in 1788 as a fishing village. It is now a summer resort. Mull is connected to the mainland by ferry. Pop. (2001) 2,696.
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