mull /ˈmʌl/
軟薄布,混亂(vt.)研磨,細想(vi.)深思熟慮
mull /ˈməl/ 及物動詞
軟布,展膏劑,塗布層,石蠟油軟布
Mull n. A thin, soft kind of muslin.
Mull, n.
1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]
2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
Mull, n. Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.]
Mull, v. t. To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]
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.]
Mull, n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
Mull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulled p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling.]
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.
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mull
n 1: a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of
Kintyre"
2: an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
v 1: 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" [syn: chew
over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate,
contemplate, muse, reflect, mull over, ruminate,
speculate]
2: heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled
cider"