Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mull

2 senses of mull

Sense 1
mull -- (a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre")
       => promontory, headland, head, foreland -- (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))

Sense 2
Mull -- (an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mull

2 senses of mull

Sense 1
chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate -- (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")
       => think, cogitate, cerebrate -- (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere")

Sense 2
mull -- (heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink; "mulled cider")
       => sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate -- (make sweeter in taste)

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