MULL


Meaning of MULL in English

I. mull 1 /mʌl/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: mull 'to crush into powder' (15-20 centuries) , from mull 'dust' (14-19 centuries) , probably from Middle Dutch mol ]

usually mull something ↔over to think about a problem, plan etc for a long time before making a decision SYN consider :

He’s mulling over the proposals before making any changes.

The company is mulling over a share offer.

II. mull 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]

an area of land that sticks out into the sea – used in Scotland:

the Mull of Kintyre

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.