mull
mull is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A thin, soft kind of muslin. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A thin, soft kind of muslin.
- noun. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre.
- noun. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
- noun. Dirt; rubbish.
- transitive verb. To powder; to pulverize.
- intransitive verb. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem.
- noun. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
- transitive verb. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
- transitive verb. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.
- noun. an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
- noun. a term used in Scottish names of promontories
"the Mull of Kintyre"
- verb. 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"
- verb. heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink
"mulled cider"
Synonyms
contemplate, excogitate, meditate, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate
Common word forms
mulls, mulled, mullen, muller, mulling
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