| Mull 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 Entries 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 |