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Synonyms for mull

Grammar : Verb
Spell : muhl
Phonetic Transcription : mÊŒl

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Définition of mull

Origin :
  • "ponder," 1873, perhaps from a figurative use of Middle English mullyn "grind to powder, pulverize," from molle "dust, ashes, rubbish" (c.1300), probably from Middle Dutch mul "grit, loose earth," related to mill (n.1). But Webster's (1879) defined it as "to work steadily without accomplishing much," which may connect it to earlier identical word in athletics sense of "to botch, muff" (1862). Related: Mulled; mulling.
  • verb think about seriously
Example sentences :
  • I was awakened by a cry from Mull, who was also by this time at the Duke's side.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Mull is said to contain six thousand, and Sky fifteen thousand.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • The Isle of Mull is perhaps in extent the third of the Hebrides.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • There was no house in Mull to which he could not introduce us.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • It was yet better to see it, and we stopped at some rocks on the coast of Mull.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • Also, when things are mismanaged; "we have made a mull of it."
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • But I've got to mull over it a little before it would make sense.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the Commandos » by R. Sidney Bowen
  • But their courage did not keep them long at it in gauze de Chambery and India mull.
  • Extract from : « Missy » by Miriam Coles Harris
  • "There's nothing to mull it in here, my little girl," objected the barrister.
  • Extract from : « The Cock and Anchor » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Captain Mull was a man of method, and a thorough man-of-war's man.
  • Extract from : « Jack Tier or The Florida Reef » by James Fenimore Cooper

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