# mull

> English word · Verb · IPA /mʌl/ · frequency rank #31,263

## Definitions
1. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
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.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English molle, mulle (“dust, rubbish”), possibly from Old English myl (“dust, mould”), from Proto-West Germanic *muli, a deverbal formation from *mulljan and thus cognate with Dutch mul (“dust, mould”), German Müll (“rubbish”), Swedish moln (“cloud”) and related to English mill (“to grind”). Alternatively, from Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis (“soft”).
Some verbal senses are supplied by Middle English mollen (“to soften, dissolve”), from Old French moillier, from Latin *molliāre (“to steep”), itself from mollis; compare moil.

## Easily confused with
- **mum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mum)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mun)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-must)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mute)
- **muse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-muse)
- **musk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-musk)
- **mums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mums)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-musa)
- **mush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mush)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mutt)
- **muni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-muni)
- **Munn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-munn)
- **multi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-multi)
- **mural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mural)
- **muller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-muller)
- **mullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mullen)
- **mullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mullet)
- **mullah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mull-vs-mullah)
- **ML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ml-vs-mull)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mu-vs-mull)

## Common misspellings (4)
`mlul`, `mmull`, `mul`, `umll`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mull