Mull

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /mÊŒl/
• US IPA: /mlÌ©/
• Homophones: mole
• Rhymes: -ÊŒl

Full definition of mull

Verb

1. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.to mull a thought or a problemhe paused to mull over his various options before making a decision
• 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious and subconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.
2. To powder; to pulverize.
3. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
4. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
5. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
6. To dull or stupefy.

Derived terms

• mulled wine, mulled cider

Noun

1. A thin, soft muslin.
2. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
3. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
4. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
5. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.

Synonyms

Noun

1. (Scotland) A promontory.the Mull of Kintyre
2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

Probably related to mould.

Noun

1. dirt; rubbish----