"mull over" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: mulls over [present, singular, third-person], mulling over [participle, present], mulled over [participle, past], mulled over [past]
Etymology: See mull. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mull over (third-person singular simple present mulls over, present participle mulling over, simple past and past participle mulled over)
  1. (transitive) To think deeply about something; to ponder, deliberate or ruminate. Tags: transitive Synonyms: ponder, chew over Translations (ponder): 醞釀 /酝酿 (yùnniàng) (Chinese Mandarin), overdenken (Dutch), beschouwen (Dutch), pohtia (Finnish), miettiä (Finnish), töpreng (Hungarian), rágódik (Hungarian), huritao (Māori), rozważać [imperfective] (Polish), rozważyć [perfective] (Polish), rozmyślać nad [imperfective] (Polish), oertinke (West Frisian), beskôgje (West Frisian)

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