mullとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Related to mill (“to grind”).

動詞

mull (三人称単数 現在形 mulls, 現在分詞 mulling, 過去形および過去分詞形 mulled)

1. (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

   to mull a thought or a problem

   he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision

   • 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914, →OCLC:

     It was the germ of a thought, which, however, was destined to mull around in his conscious and subconscious mind until it resulted in magnificent achievement.

   • 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     When Morrison mulls the pluses and minuses associated with rebuking Kelly for undermining the government’s public health messaging, the prime minister faces a genuine substantive dilemma, and that goes to the risks of amplification.

2. To powder; to pulverize.
3. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
4. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
5. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
6. To dull or stupefy.

派生語

• mulled wine, mulled cider

名詞

mull (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 mulls)

1. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

2. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
3. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
4. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
5. (slang, archaic) A mess of something; a mistake.
   • 1904, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (page 83)

     Mr. HERDMAN. — The honourable member for Nelson says they made a mull of it. If the honourable gentleman had been a financial authority he would never have given expression to such a thought.

   • 2014, Andrea Pickens, A Stroke of Luck

     After studying the page a bit longer, she made a face. "Good Lord, you've really made a mull of it. Here, let me have a closer look."

語源 2

Shortened from mulmul.

名詞

mull (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 mulls)

1. A thin, soft muslin.
   • 1916, “Smocking”, in The Dressmaker: A Complete Book on All Matters Connected with Sewing and Dressmaking […], 2nd revised and enlarged edition, New York, N.Y.; London: The Butterick Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 29:

     Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women.

派生した語

• → German: Mull
• → Norwegian Bokmål: moll

語源 3

(This etymology is missing または incomplete. Please add to it, または discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

名詞

mull (複数形 mulls)

1. (Scotland) A promontory.

   the Mull of Kintyre

2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.

語源 4

From Middle English molle (“rubbish”), from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

名詞

mull (uncountable)

1. dirt; rubbish