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verb mʌlməl [with object]Think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length. she began to mull over the various possibilities the government is mulling an overhaul of outdated insurance laws Example sentencesExamples - And yet after spending several hours mulling it over I find that I have almost nothing to say about it.
- As I was mulling it over, I had a sudden realisation that made a lot of sense - maybe they didn't want to win the election?
- Much to mull over as I consolidate the lessons I've learned about myself.
- If convicted, they'll have plenty of time to mull over their sins.
- But are the proposals he is mulling really enough?
- She continued to mull over that thought for a short while before she was shaken from her thoughts by the sound of the door opening and someone else slipping out into the cold night air.
- Talent is always at the top of the agenda - and at the end of each meeting, the executive team mulls individual development decisions on key staffers.
- There was no time for Kari to mull over the matter any longer, as the conversation continued and her thoughts got distracted.
- At least with a letter you have time to mull things over - you have to write it, then buy a stamp, then take a trip to the post box.
- However, he said the leadership run had not altered his own career plans, which he continues to mull over.
- That evening, in Downings, the team mulled things over, and finally Dan came up with a suggestion.
- Pub manager Martin Day said afterwards: ‘We are mulling it over for the time being.’
- The Cabinet, along with the business and non-governmental sectors, is to mull over a new strategy for the promotion of investments.
- When you hear that detectives are mulling an interview with the prime minister himself, you know it's big.
- Well, I sat through this entire trial except for a few weeks, and I think that the jury did an excellent job of evaluating the case and mulling it over.
- Although nothing has been formally announced, Collins is mulling the idea over.
- The foremost task is to mull over the raison d'être of your trip for this determines the destination, the monetary issues, accommodation etc. for your tour.
- Then I wanted to take a day to mull over it before saying anything.
- Mr Snippet will long since have abandoned all hope that I was ever going to respond to what he had to say, but I never quite forgot his point, and periodically, while shaving or whatever, I have been mulling things over.
- Pinsent is determined there will be no shooting from the lip and intends to take another couple of months to mull it over before announcing a decision.
- As you mull over the details of an enraging experience, you may think that you're trying to get more information out of it - a new understanding of what happened.
- She wasn't watching the road as she mulled over this fact; if she had been, she would've seen the boy before she crashed into him.
- If I've had a stressful day, when I go out for a run I'm able to mull it over in my mind.
- And I would have liked to mull over it a bit longer.
- It gives my hands something to do while I'm mulling things over.
- But, mulling it over, I decided my problem with US television drama is bigger than that.
- Of course, he now had the unfortunate opportunity to mull over the fact that very soon, if all went well, he would be more powerful than a king.
- He waited in silence while she mulled over the proposal.
- You can mull over your initial impressions, testing them against available evidence over the course of weeks, slowly coming to a conclusion.
- We ended the conversation icily with my promise to mull over the other topics and to provide her with something in writing.
- It was as he was mulling over this fact that Julia appeared in the doorway.
- I teach a class in online journalism (yes - I get to infect young minds with this stuff too!) and we'd had a long discussion about the question, so I'd been mulling it over.
- Dylan continued to mull over the songs, apparently concerned about the sound and about the overtly autobiographical nature of certain of the songs.
- Yet take a moment to mull over the following set of facts with me, if you will…
- We are just really annoyed and we have four days to mull it over and make sure we do get it right at the weekend.
- I'm going to have to think about it for a while, just to mull it over.
- Autumn, with its cool evenings and time to sit with feet propped on a trusty hamper, is an excellent time to mull ideas and review notes.
- I was mulling over the fact that Natalie needs braces and my dental insurance sucks.
- I held this thought for about five minutes mulling it over, before realising how ridiculous it was!
- I've been mulling it all over over the last few days and I've come to the conclusion that we are both right.
Synonyms ponder, consider, think about, think over, reflect on, contemplate, deliberate, turn over in one's mind, chew over, weigh up, consider the pros and cons of, cogitate on, meditate on, muse on, ruminate on, ruminate over, brood on, have one's mind on, give some thought to, evaluate, examine, study, review, revolve
Origin Mid 19th century: of uncertain origin. verb mʌlməl [with object]usually as adjective mulledWarm (an alcoholic drink, especially wine or beer) and add sugar and spices to it. Example sentencesExamples - Of course, there was more mulled wine to be enjoyed later in the day, as large crowds gathered in the town square at 5pm for the turning on of the Christmas lights.
- Propose a toast for the occasion with homemade hot cocoa, spiced tea, mulled cider or eggnog served in Spode Christmas Tree mugs.
- It was so cold with the heating turned down that I decided to go for the first mulled wine of the year.
- As it turned out, however, the cake itself is just a chocolate cake whose batter is similar to that of regular pound cake, and it is brushed with mulled wine after it has been baked.
- One way is to escape to a quiet corner for reading and relaxing, a place to sip a mug of steaming mulled cider as you lose yourself in Harry Potter's latest adventures.
- The house smells of mulled cider and homemade hot chocolate.
- Since the theme is sweets, Haas keeps the rest of the fare simple, providing a few savory finger foods such as cheeses and crackers, along with mulled wine and apple cider.
- As the first movie was concluding The Maiden went to the Kitchen to pour the well-mulled hot spiced cider into deep earthen mugs, filling them full and placing a cinnamon stick in each to use as a stir.
- A servant came flying out with a horn of mulled wine wrapped in a cloth and passed it to him with nervous hands, careful not to look at him before he dashed away.
- Minced pies and mulled wine will be available and the shop will be selling everything you need to survive the festive season from hampers and gifts to trees and turkeys.
- Much like eggnog, mulled wine recipes are part of our winter vocabulary.
- Refreshments of finger foods, sandwiches, cakes and mulled wine were organised by Geraldine Cummins.
- Eight people are huddled around the stove, drinking freshly mulled wine to keep out the chill.
- There will also be mulled sherry and mince pies in the centre's food court.
- And white wines are mulled almost as often as red.
- Don't be concerned about the cold weather; warm mulled wine known as Gluhwein is an integral part of the markets and is guaranteed to keep that winter chill at bay.
- If all that mulled wine and merriment gives you indigestion, how about a touch of wartime austerity to bring a bit of balance?
- And Stowe Mountain Resort does a big business with a mulled wine.
- When he worked at the Rainbow Room in New York, de Groff served mulled wine from a silver samovar.
- There will also be smoked salmon sandwiches and mulled wine available on the car park of Hunters' Lodge.
- They came back with cinnamon, the spice we use without thinking in mulled wine and apple crumble.
- Allspice is often added to mulled wine as a sweet flavoring, which may be helpful for the digestion.
- To begin proceedings mulled wine will be served at 8pm which will be followed by a five-course dinner at 8.30 pm.
- Some merchants depart from this charming tradition and just use it as an opportunity to sell random stuff, but I just ignore them and walk straight on to the mulled wine stand.
- Saturday 20th December: I will be watching The Muppets' Christmas Carol and drinking mulled wine. It'll be all festive and everything.
- Most stood or sat near the huge, fieldstone fireplace in the great room, sipping the excellent mulled cider.
- We were then directed toward the great hall itself, where Elizabethan music could be heard, and mulled wine was being served.
- Dust down your copy of Last Christmas, get mulling that wine, and deck your house with as many dancing reindeer as you can find.
- Sparkling wine is a perfectly acceptable alternative to champagne, as is mulled wine in winter, and will reduce your costs in this area by up to about 40 per cent.
- Gramercy Tavern may use rum-soaked raisins and apple rings or a combination of apricots and fresh figs as ingredients in its mulled wines.
- That night we enjoyed some hot mulled wine, a warm fire, the company of random campers at the camp site, Judy's cheesecake, and a great big fuzzy black bear that was brown.
- The drink could really consist of nearly anything, as long as it had ale or sherry as a base, apples or cider, and mulled spices.
- Genuine traders from every corner of Germany would be allowed to sell the country's beer and mulled wine to get shoppers into the party spirit.
- Only the alluring alcoholic whiff of freshly made mulled wine can surpass the spicy aroma of mince pies for generating genuine festive cheer.
- Genial hosts welcome you in with offers of warm mulled wine and mince pies.
- Have a stash of soft drinks chilled and, if the weather's nippy, a mulled cider simmering in a slow-cooker.
- Mince pies and mulled wine was provided and served by Huby Women's Institute in the village hall, thanks to a financial donation by the parish council.
- Also on offer to keep out the cold will be mulled wine and mince pies.
- Chilly nights, I like nibbling small pieces of chocolate with a cup of hot, spicy mulled wine, enjoying the aroma of cacao, spices, and wine blending together.
- We drank some beer, mulled some wine, ate some mince pies, and managed to repair several cigarettes.
Origin Early 17th century: of unknown origin. noun mʌlməl mass nounHumus formed under non-acid conditions. Example sentencesExamples - Those woods with brown forest soils maintained mull humus, probably by virtue of their mixed floristic composition.
- Humus should be of the mull type - ranging from acidic to calcareous, or moder in podsol.
Origin 1920s: from Danish muld 'soil'. noun mʌlməl Scottish in place names A promontory. Example sentencesExamples - The Mull of Galloway is Scotlands most southerly point and is one of its least known parts.
- The Mull of Kintyre proper is the lump of the peninsula south of Campbeltown, with the lighthouse at Machrihanish on its north west.
Origin Middle English: compare with Scottish Gaelic maol and Icelandic múli. noun mʌlməl mass nounThin, soft, plain muslin, used in bookbinding for joining the spine of a book to its cover. Example sentencesExamples - It is made of a fine mull that is not imported to this country in the piece, and there is a satisfaction in wearing only hand-made garments.
- The point of the needle darts back and forth, teasing the weave of the fine muslin, mull or cotton.
- Connecting cover boards to the mull, rather than directly to the signatures themselves, allows for a strong but flexible backbone.
Origin Late 17th century: abbreviation, from Hindi malmal. proper nounmʌlməl A large island of the Inner Hebrides; chief town, Tobermory. It is separated from the coast of Scotland near Oban by the Sound of Mull.
verbməlməl [with object]Think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length. she began to mull over the various possibilities the government is mulling an overhaul of outdated insurance laws Example sentencesExamples - We ended the conversation icily with my promise to mull over the other topics and to provide her with something in writing.
- Much to mull over as I consolidate the lessons I've learned about myself.
- Mr Snippet will long since have abandoned all hope that I was ever going to respond to what he had to say, but I never quite forgot his point, and periodically, while shaving or whatever, I have been mulling things over.
- I'm going to have to think about it for a while, just to mull it over.
- But, mulling it over, I decided my problem with US television drama is bigger than that.
- Pinsent is determined there will be no shooting from the lip and intends to take another couple of months to mull it over before announcing a decision.
- There was no time for Kari to mull over the matter any longer, as the conversation continued and her thoughts got distracted.
- I was mulling over the fact that Natalie needs braces and my dental insurance sucks.
- That evening, in Downings, the team mulled things over, and finally Dan came up with a suggestion.
- She wasn't watching the road as she mulled over this fact; if she had been, she would've seen the boy before she crashed into him.
- As you mull over the details of an enraging experience, you may think that you're trying to get more information out of it - a new understanding of what happened.
- Of course, he now had the unfortunate opportunity to mull over the fact that very soon, if all went well, he would be more powerful than a king.
- The Cabinet, along with the business and non-governmental sectors, is to mull over a new strategy for the promotion of investments.
- The foremost task is to mull over the raison d'être of your trip for this determines the destination, the monetary issues, accommodation etc. for your tour.
- And yet after spending several hours mulling it over I find that I have almost nothing to say about it.
- It was as he was mulling over this fact that Julia appeared in the doorway.
- He waited in silence while she mulled over the proposal.
- We are just really annoyed and we have four days to mull it over and make sure we do get it right at the weekend.
- Dylan continued to mull over the songs, apparently concerned about the sound and about the overtly autobiographical nature of certain of the songs.
- Talent is always at the top of the agenda - and at the end of each meeting, the executive team mulls individual development decisions on key staffers.
- When you hear that detectives are mulling an interview with the prime minister himself, you know it's big.
- Yet take a moment to mull over the following set of facts with me, if you will…
- I held this thought for about five minutes mulling it over, before realising how ridiculous it was!
- You can mull over your initial impressions, testing them against available evidence over the course of weeks, slowly coming to a conclusion.
- I've been mulling it all over over the last few days and I've come to the conclusion that we are both right.
- At least with a letter you have time to mull things over - you have to write it, then buy a stamp, then take a trip to the post box.
- Pub manager Martin Day said afterwards: ‘We are mulling it over for the time being.’
- And I would have liked to mull over it a bit longer.
- Then I wanted to take a day to mull over it before saying anything.
- As I was mulling it over, I had a sudden realisation that made a lot of sense - maybe they didn't want to win the election?
- Well, I sat through this entire trial except for a few weeks, and I think that the jury did an excellent job of evaluating the case and mulling it over.
- She continued to mull over that thought for a short while before she was shaken from her thoughts by the sound of the door opening and someone else slipping out into the cold night air.
- But are the proposals he is mulling really enough?
- However, he said the leadership run had not altered his own career plans, which he continues to mull over.
- It gives my hands something to do while I'm mulling things over.
- If I've had a stressful day, when I go out for a run I'm able to mull it over in my mind.
- Autumn, with its cool evenings and time to sit with feet propped on a trusty hamper, is an excellent time to mull ideas and review notes.
- I teach a class in online journalism (yes - I get to infect young minds with this stuff too!) and we'd had a long discussion about the question, so I'd been mulling it over.
- Although nothing has been formally announced, Collins is mulling the idea over.
- If convicted, they'll have plenty of time to mull over their sins.
Synonyms ponder, consider, think about, think over, reflect on, contemplate, deliberate, turn over in one's mind, chew over, weigh up, consider the pros and cons of, cogitate on, meditate on, muse on, ruminate on, ruminate over, brood on, have one's mind on, give some thought to, evaluate, examine, study, review, revolve
Origin Mid 19th century: of uncertain origin. verbməlməl [with object]usually as adjective mulledWarm (a beverage, especially wine, beer, or cider) and add spices and sweetening to it. Example sentencesExamples - Only the alluring alcoholic whiff of freshly made mulled wine can surpass the spicy aroma of mince pies for generating genuine festive cheer.
- Sparkling wine is a perfectly acceptable alternative to champagne, as is mulled wine in winter, and will reduce your costs in this area by up to about 40 per cent.
- Don't be concerned about the cold weather; warm mulled wine known as Gluhwein is an integral part of the markets and is guaranteed to keep that winter chill at bay.
- To begin proceedings mulled wine will be served at 8pm which will be followed by a five-course dinner at 8.30 pm.
- That night we enjoyed some hot mulled wine, a warm fire, the company of random campers at the camp site, Judy's cheesecake, and a great big fuzzy black bear that was brown.
- The drink could really consist of nearly anything, as long as it had ale or sherry as a base, apples or cider, and mulled spices.
- Allspice is often added to mulled wine as a sweet flavoring, which may be helpful for the digestion.
- They came back with cinnamon, the spice we use without thinking in mulled wine and apple crumble.
- And white wines are mulled almost as often as red.
- Refreshments of finger foods, sandwiches, cakes and mulled wine were organised by Geraldine Cummins.
- As the first movie was concluding The Maiden went to the Kitchen to pour the well-mulled hot spiced cider into deep earthen mugs, filling them full and placing a cinnamon stick in each to use as a stir.
- Chilly nights, I like nibbling small pieces of chocolate with a cup of hot, spicy mulled wine, enjoying the aroma of cacao, spices, and wine blending together.
- Also on offer to keep out the cold will be mulled wine and mince pies.
- Saturday 20th December: I will be watching The Muppets' Christmas Carol and drinking mulled wine. It'll be all festive and everything.
- When he worked at the Rainbow Room in New York, de Groff served mulled wine from a silver samovar.
- The house smells of mulled cider and homemade hot chocolate.
- Much like eggnog, mulled wine recipes are part of our winter vocabulary.
- Of course, there was more mulled wine to be enjoyed later in the day, as large crowds gathered in the town square at 5pm for the turning on of the Christmas lights.
- Most stood or sat near the huge, fieldstone fireplace in the great room, sipping the excellent mulled cider.
- Mince pies and mulled wine was provided and served by Huby Women's Institute in the village hall, thanks to a financial donation by the parish council.
- As it turned out, however, the cake itself is just a chocolate cake whose batter is similar to that of regular pound cake, and it is brushed with mulled wine after it has been baked.
- Genuine traders from every corner of Germany would be allowed to sell the country's beer and mulled wine to get shoppers into the party spirit.
- Eight people are huddled around the stove, drinking freshly mulled wine to keep out the chill.
- If all that mulled wine and merriment gives you indigestion, how about a touch of wartime austerity to bring a bit of balance?
- It was so cold with the heating turned down that I decided to go for the first mulled wine of the year.
- Since the theme is sweets, Haas keeps the rest of the fare simple, providing a few savory finger foods such as cheeses and crackers, along with mulled wine and apple cider.
- And Stowe Mountain Resort does a big business with a mulled wine.
- Propose a toast for the occasion with homemade hot cocoa, spiced tea, mulled cider or eggnog served in Spode Christmas Tree mugs.
- There will also be mulled sherry and mince pies in the centre's food court.
- Genial hosts welcome you in with offers of warm mulled wine and mince pies.
- Have a stash of soft drinks chilled and, if the weather's nippy, a mulled cider simmering in a slow-cooker.
- A servant came flying out with a horn of mulled wine wrapped in a cloth and passed it to him with nervous hands, careful not to look at him before he dashed away.
- We were then directed toward the great hall itself, where Elizabethan music could be heard, and mulled wine was being served.
- Some merchants depart from this charming tradition and just use it as an opportunity to sell random stuff, but I just ignore them and walk straight on to the mulled wine stand.
- We drank some beer, mulled some wine, ate some mince pies, and managed to repair several cigarettes.
- Dust down your copy of Last Christmas, get mulling that wine, and deck your house with as many dancing reindeer as you can find.
- Gramercy Tavern may use rum-soaked raisins and apple rings or a combination of apricots and fresh figs as ingredients in its mulled wines.
- There will also be smoked salmon sandwiches and mulled wine available on the car park of Hunters' Lodge.
- One way is to escape to a quiet corner for reading and relaxing, a place to sip a mug of steaming mulled cider as you lose yourself in Harry Potter's latest adventures.
- Minced pies and mulled wine will be available and the shop will be selling everything you need to survive the festive season from hampers and gifts to trees and turkeys.
Origin Early 17th century: of unknown origin. nounməlməl Humus formed under nonacid conditions. Example sentencesExamples - Those woods with brown forest soils maintained mull humus, probably by virtue of their mixed floristic composition.
- Humus should be of the mull type - ranging from acidic to calcareous, or moder in podsol.
Origin 1920s: from Danish muld ‘soil’. nounməlməl Scottish in place names A promontory. Example sentencesExamples - The Mull of Galloway is Scotlands most southerly point and is one of its least known parts.
- The Mull of Kintyre proper is the lump of the peninsula south of Campbeltown, with the lighthouse at Machrihanish on its north west.
Origin Middle English: compare with Scottish Gaelic maol and Icelandic múli. nounməlməl Thin, soft, plain muslin, used in bookbinding for joining the spine of a book to its cover. Example sentencesExamples - Connecting cover boards to the mull, rather than directly to the signatures themselves, allows for a strong but flexible backbone.
- It is made of a fine mull that is not imported to this country in the piece, and there is a satisfaction in wearing only hand-made garments.
- The point of the needle darts back and forth, teasing the weave of the fine muslin, mull or cotton.
Origin Late 17th century: abbreviation, from Hindi malmal. proper nounməlməl A large island of the Inner Hebrides; chief town, Tobermory.
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