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How to pronounce mull in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over
Type of cerebrate, think, cogitate
Has types introspect, premeditate, puzzle, consider, study, wonder, theologise, cogitate, question, theologize, bethink
Derivation muller


I mulled over the events of the afternoon.
Type Words
Type Words
Type of foreland, head, headland, promontory
Type Words
Type of dulcorate, dulcify, edulcorate, sweeten
Derivation muller


mulled cider.

Examples of mull

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It is rarely wise to commit on the spot, far better to go away and mull it over.
From the express.co.uk
The players have the summer to mull over it but pride should start to take over.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Hurley-Dyer said the jury wanted the weekend to mull over the remaining charges.
From the timesunion.com
The Bucs had an offer on the table to Mariucci, who wanted to mull it overnight.
From the usatoday.com
The Elkhorn City Council will meet this morning, in part to mull over the ruling.
From the omaha.com
Now, as I mull this over-for some reason-I think I'll throw my hat into the ring.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
One of the things we don't do in Europe enough is mull over what hasn't worked.
From the techcrunch.com
One of the things we don't do in Europe enough is mull over what hasn't worked.
From the eu.techcrunch.com
In California and want something to mellow out with while you mull this all over?
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"
  • Chew over: 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"
  • An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
  • Heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider"
  • Mull is a 1988 Australian drama film directed by Don McLennan. The film is based on the popular 1986 book, Mullaway by Bronwen 'Bron' Nichols.
  • Mull is an Anglicization of the Gaelic Maol, a term for a rounded hill, summit, or mountain, bare of trees (it has also been used, in Gaelic, to refer to a forehead, or to a shaved head). As an adjective, the word is used to indicate something which is bare, dull, or bald. ...
  • A thin, soft muslin; Marijuana that has been prepared for smoking by way of chopping it; A stew of meat (chicken, goat, dove, pork, etc. ...
  • (Mulls) A sweetened and spiced heated liquor, wine or beer, served as a hot punch.
  • The cloth which reinforces the hinges and is pasted directly to the body of a book and is hidden by the spine.