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MULL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Mull" is a part of...):

Inner Hebrides (islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A term used in Scottish names of promontories

Example:

the Mull of Kintyre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("mull" is a kind of...):

foreland; head; headland; promontory (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reflect deeply on a subject

Example:

The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate

Synonyms:

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "mull" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mull"):

premeditate (think or reflect beforehand or in advance)

theologise; theologize (make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects)

introspect (reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings)

bethink (consider or ponder something carefully)

cogitate (consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind)

question; wonder (place in doubt or express doubtful speculation)

puzzle (be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide)

consider; study (give careful consideration to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

muller (a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink

Example:

mulled cider

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "mull" is one way to...):

dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten (make sweeter in taste)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

muller (a vessel in which wine is mulled)

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