Mull vs False - What's the difference?
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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
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun mull
is trash, garbage, refuse, waste.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.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)
false
English
Adjective
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