Dictionary 1. (n.) A thin, soft kind of muslin.2. (n.) A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. 3. (n.) A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. 4. (n.) Dirt; rubbish. 5. (v. t.) To powder; to pulverize. 6. (v. i.) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. 7. (n.) An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. 8. (v. t.) To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. 9. (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. Thesaurus addle ball up befuddle benumb bewilder blunt botch botchery candy chafe chew over con consider contemplate cook dally deliberate over desensitize dillydally discombobulate distract dulcify dull edulcorate electric-heat evaluate examine fire fire up foment fuddle gas-heat glaze hash heat honey hot hot up hot-air-heat hot-water-heat linger loiter mix-up muddle mull over muse on muss numb overheat poke ponder preheat procrastinate put off recook reheat review ruminate over saccharify shambles steam stoke up study sugar sugar off sugarcoat superheat sweeten tarry tepefy think about think over throw off turn over warm warm over warm up weigh |