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mull
CIDE DICTIONARY
mull, n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin.].
A thin, soft kind of muslin. [1913 Webster]
mull, n. [Icel. m a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir. & Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W. moel. Cf. Mouth.].
- A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [1913 Webster]
- A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. [1913 Webster]
mull, n. [Prob. akin to mold. √108. See Mold.].
Dirt; rubbish. Gower. [1913 Webster]
mull, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d Muller.].
To powder; to pulverize. [1913 Webster]
mull, v. i.
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over ; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [1913 Webster]
mull, n.
An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. [1913 Webster]
mull, v. t. [From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; OE. mold-ale funeral ale or banquet. See Mold soil.].
- To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. [1913 Webster]"New cider, mulled with ginger warm." [1913 Webster]
- To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mull, v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by over) ponder or consider.
mull, v.tr. warm (wine or beer) with added sugar, spices, etc.
mull, n. Sc. a promontory.
mull, n. humus formed under non-acid conditions.
mull, n. a thin soft plain muslin.
Etymology
abbr. of mulmull f. Hindi malmal
THESAURUS
mull
addle, ball up, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blunt, botch, botchery, candy, chafe, chew over, con, consider, contemplate, cook, dally, deliberate over, desensitize, dillydally, discombobulate, distract, dulcify, dull, edulcorate, electric-heat, evaluate, examine, fire, fire up, foment, fuddle, gas-heat, glaze, hash, heat, honey, hot, hot up, hot-air-heat, hot-water-heat, linger, loiter, mix-up, muddle, mull over, muse on, muss, numb, overheat, poke, ponder, preheat, procrastinate, put off, recook, reheat, review, ruminate over, saccharify, shambles, steam, stoke up, study, sugar, sugar off, sugarcoat, superheat, sweeten, tarry, tepefy, think about, think over, throw off, turn over, warm, warm over, warm up, weighROGET THESAURUS
mull
Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).Sweetness
VB be sweet, render sweet, sweeten, edulcorate, dulcorate, dulcify, candy, mull.For further exploring for "mull" in Webster Dictionary Online
