Mull : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Mull	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Mull
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mull n a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre" an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides v reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" Synonym(s): chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\ (m[ucr]l), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See {Muslin}.] A thin, soft kind of muslin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\, n. [Icel. m[umac]li a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir. & Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W. moel. Cf. {Mouth}.] 1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.] 2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\, n. [Prob. akin to mold. [fb]108. See {Mold}.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] --Gower.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d {Muller}.] To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\, v. i. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq. U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\, n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mulling}.] [From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; OE. mold-ale funeral ale or banquet. See {Mold} soil.] 1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. New cider, mulled with ginger warm. --Gay. 2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. --Shak.