English Explanatory Dictionary

mull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
  2. To powder; to pulverize.
  3. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
  4. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
  5. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
  6. To dull or stupefy.
  7. To bungle or botch.
noun
  1. Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
  2. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
  3. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
  4. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
  5. A mess of something; a mistake.
  6. Dirt, dust, or other waste matter.
noun
  1. A thin, soft muslin.
noun
  1. A promontory.
  2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
noun
  1. Friable forest humus that forms a layer of mixed organic matter and mineral soil and merges gradually into the mineral soil beneath.
name
  1. An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
noun
  1. A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.

Pronunciation

/mʌl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mull.wav /mʊl/

Word forms

mull mulls mulling mulled

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.

Synonyms

bhang benj boo broccoli bud buddha cannabis cheeba choof daccha dank devil's lettuce djamba doja doobage dope endo gage ganja ganj grass green greenery hash hashish hemp herb Mary Jane MJ marihoochie marijuana Mary Joanna method mezz muggle mull pot puff reefer sens sensimillia sensimilla shit sweetleaf tea Texas tea trees twig wacky tobaccy weed yarndie zaza zombie

Derived words

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