mull over \mull over\, v. t.
To think about; to consider; to ruminate about; as, mull it
over and decide in the morning. [Colloq. U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mull over
v : reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of
the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the
question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist
must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew
over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate,
contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, ruminate, speculate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "mull over":
brood over, chaw, chew over, con over, deliberate, deliberate over,
deliberate upon, digest, meditate, meditate upon, muse, muse on,
muse over, ponder over, reflect over, revolve, roll, ruminate,
ruminate over, run over, think over, turn over
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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