Mull

Word MULL
Character 4
Hyphenation mull
Pronunciations /mʌl/

Definitions and meanings of "Mull"

What do we mean by mull?

A soft thin muslin used in dresses and for trimmings. noun

To think about extensively; ponder. intransitive verb

To ruminate; ponder. intransitive verb

To heat and spice (wine, for example). transitive verb

To rain softly.

To heat and spice for drinking, as ale, wine, or the like; especially, to make into a warm drink, sweetened and spiced.

To boil or stew.

To stir; bustle; make a stir.

To work continuously at anything without making much progress; toil steadily and accomplish little; moil.

Dust; rubbish; dirt. noun

Soft, crumbling soil. noun

⟨ mull, verb, 3. A muddle; a mess; a failure: applied to anything that is involved or confused through mismanagement. noun

A thin, soft kind of muslin used for dresses, trimmings, etc.: known as India mull, French mull, etc. Also mulmul, mullmull. noun

A cape or promontory: as, the mull of Galloway; the mull of Kintyre. noun

In leather manufacturing, to soften.

A dialectal (Scotch) form of mill. noun

Compare muley. Satyr against Hypocrites (1689). noun

To reduce to dust; break into small pieces; crumb.

To rub, squeeze, or bruise.

To confuse; mix up; muddle; make a mess of.

A thin, soft muslin.

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.

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The word "mull" in example sentences

Articles of wearing apparel were done upon a soft fine muslin called mull, breadths of which were embroidered for skirts, lengths of it were scalloped and embroidered for flounces, and hand-lengths of it were done for the short waists and sleeves of the pretty Colonial gowns worn by our delicate ancestresses. ❋ Candace Wheeler (1875)

The Greeks and Romans were known to "mull" wine by adding spices to enhance its flavor and because it was thought to have health benefits. ❋ Meathead Goldwyn (2011)

He seemed to kind of mull over the question in a way that before I thought he was pretty defensive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If standard farm 'mull' is used, you must check that it is in this condition, which means that it has decomposed fully. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Muslin is wider than calico or ordinary print, and thin silk fabrics such as mull and chiffon are wider than velvet. ❋ Kate Heintz Watson (N/A)

At each window should be found dark shades, and if curtains are desired they should be of an easily washable material, such as mull, swiss, lawn, voile, or scrim. ❋ William S. Sadler (N/A)

The leaders are going to "mull" over the situation? ❋ Unknown (2010)

So score one for Charlie for getting in the Hill over a "mull". ❋ Unknown (2009)

I will have to "mull" over it more later - work calls ❋ Unknown (2009)

So I thought mebby you'd like to hear of this case so you could kind of mull it over in your mind whilst you're loafin 'up here. " ❋ Ellis Parker Butler (1903)

On this Independence Day, though, I just want to mull over for a moment the latest meme from the conservative meme factory a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newt Gingrich's third marriage: American exceptionalism. ❋ Harry Shearer (2011)

Yeah, I read it, but I usually want to sit down and think about it and mull it over. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the meantime, I'll let you mull over an insight on relationships I have learned to be true: Nobody wants the battle of the sexes to end when after a long day of fighting you get to have great make up sex with the enemy. ❋ Emily Bracken (2011)

Meanwhile, market participants are beginning to mull what will happen when the Fed ends its highly contentious quantitative easing, or QE2, program in June. ❋ Javier E. David (2011)

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