mull

verb

/mʌl/UK/mʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English molle, mulle (“dust, rubbish”), possibly from Old English myl (“dust, mould”), from Proto-West Germanic *muli, a deverbal formation from *mulljan and thus cognate with Dutch mul (“dust, mould”), German Müll (“rubbish”), Swedish moln (“cloud”) and related to English mill (“to grind”). Alternatively, from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis (“soft”). Some verbal senses are supplied by Middle English mollen (“to soften, dissolve”), from Old French moillier, from Latin *molliāre (“to steep”), itself from mollis; compare moil.

derived from *molliāre✻ — “to steep”
derived from moillier
inherited from mollen — “to soften, dissolve”
derived from mollis — “soft”
derived from mol
inherited from *muli✻
inherited from myl — “dust, mould”
inherited from molle

Definitions

1
To work (over) mentally
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
- to mull a thought or a problem
- he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision
- It 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.
To powder
To powder; to pulverize.
To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
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1. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
2. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
3. To dull or stupefy.
4. To bungle or botch.
5. Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
6. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda…
  A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
7. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
8. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of…
  An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
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  A mess of something
  A mess of something; a mistake.
  - Mr. HERDMAN. — The honourable member for Nelson says they made a mull of it. If the honourable gentleman had been a financial authority he would never have given expression to such a thought.
  - 2014, Andrea Pickens, A Stroke of Luck After studying the page a bit longer, she made a face. "Good Lord, you've really made a mull of it. Here, let me have a closer look."
10. Dirt, dust, or other waste matter.
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  A thin, soft muslin.
  - The merchandise in this case consists of Madras mulls — thin cotton cloth.
  - Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women.
12. 15
  A promontory.
  - the Mull of Kintyre
13. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
14. Friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and…
  Friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath.
15. An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area,…
  An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
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  A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
  - The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence […] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world.
  - […] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, […]
  - [R]esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.'

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Derived

mulled wine, mulled cider, muller, mull over, unmulled, fog mull, snuff-mull

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mull. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA