Mull vs Chew - What's the difference?
mull | chew | Synonyms |
To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.
* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
To powder; to pulverize.
To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
To heat and spice something, such as wine.
To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
To dull or stupefy.
A thin, soft muslin.
(uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
(Scotland) A promontory.
A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
dirt; rubbish
To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
(informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
* Alexander Pope
* Prior
A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
(informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
(countable, or, uncountable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
Chew is a synonym of mull.
As verbs the difference between mull and chew
is that mull is to work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over while chew is to crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.As nouns the difference between mull and chew
is that mull is a thin, soft muslin while chew is a small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.As a proper noun Mull
is an island in the Inner Hebrides.mull
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(en verb)- to mull a thought or a problem
- he paused to mull over his various options before making a decision
- 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.
Derived terms
* mulled wine, mulled ciderNoun
Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- the Mull of Kintyre
Etymology 3
Probably related to mould.Noun
(-)- (Gower)
chew
English
Verb
(en verb)- Make sure to chew thoroughly, and don't talk with your mouth full!
- The steak was tough to chew as it had been cooked too long.
- He keep his feed in steel drums to prevent the mice from chewing holes in the feed-sacks.
- The harsh desert wind and sand had chewed the stump into ragged strips of wood.
- The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.
- Old politicians chew wisdom past.
- He chews revenge, abjuring his offense.
Synonyms
* (crush food with teeth prior to swallowing) bite, chavel, chomp, crunch, masticate * (degrade or demolish as if with teeth) grind, pulverize, rip, shred, tear * (think about) contemplate, ruminate, mull, muse, ponder * See alsoDerived terms
* chewing gum * chew out * chew over * chew the cud * chew the fat * chew the scenery * chew up * chewyNoun
(en noun)- Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.
- The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.
- ''The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews .
- The first time he chewed tobacco, he swallowed his chew and got extremely sick.
