mulling
Use Mulling in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to study or ruminate; ponder.
verb (used with object)
2.
to think about carefully; consider (often followed by over ): to mull over an idea.
3.
to make a mess or failure of.
Synonyms
1. consider, weigh.
1. consider, weigh.
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Mulling
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used with object) Metallurgy.
to mix (clay and sand) under a roller for use in preparing a mold.
Origin:
1400–50; compare dial.: to crumble, pulverize, Middle English mollen, mullen, orig., to moisten, soften by wetting; see moil
1400–50; compare dial.: to crumble, pulverize, Middle English mollen, mullen, orig., to moisten, soften by wetting; see moil
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mull1 (mʌl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by over) | |
| to study or ponder | |
| [C19: probably from | |
| mull2 (mʌl) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to heat (wine, ale, etc) with sugar and spices to make a hot drink | |
| [C17: of unknown origin] | |
| 'mulled2 | |
| —adj | |
| mull3 (mʌl) | |
| —n | |
| a light muslin fabric of soft texture | |
| [C18: earlier mulmull, from Hindi malmal] | |
| mull4 (mʌl) | |
| —n | |
| Compare mor a layer of nonacidic humus formed in well drained and aerated soils | |
| [C20: from Danish muld; see | |
| mull5 (mʌl) | |
| —n | |
| (Scot) a promontory | |
| [C14: related to Gaelic maol, Icelandic múli] | |
| Mull (mʌl) | |
| —n | |
| a mountainous island off the west coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides, separated from the mainland by the Sound of Mull. Chief town: Tobermory. Pop: 2667 (2001). Area: 909 sq km (351 sq miles) | |
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Word Origin & History
mull
"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). Related: Mulled; mulling.
mull
"sweeten, spice and heat a drink," c.1600, perhaps from Du. mol, a kind of white, sweet beer, or from Flem. molle a kind of beer. Related: Mulled; mulling.
mull
"promontory" (in Scottish place names), late 14c., perhaps from O.N. muli "a jutting crag, projecting ridge (between two valleys)," which probably is identical with muli "snout, muzzle." The O.N. word is related to O.Fris. mula, M.Du. mule, muul, O.H.G. mula, Ger. Maul "muzzle, mouth." Alternative etymology
traces it to Gael. maol "brow of a hill or rock," also "bald," from O.Celt. *mailo-s (cf. Ir. maol, O.Ir. máel, máil, Welsh moel).
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Example sentences
What you should know if you're mulling a tattoo or body piercing.
Now, other airlines are mulling mergers as a way of cutting costs to offset high fuel expenses.
On each card, write a short description of one of the things you are mulling over doing next year.
Each time they have repaired the damage and stayed put, but this time they are mulling the possibility of selling.
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