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muller

UK /ˈmʊlə/US /ˈmʊləɹ/

verb 5
noun 6
forms 3

verb5

(UK, slang) To destroy (something); to ruin, to wreck.
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(UK, slang) To beat or thrash (someone).
- You needn't make so much fuss. Nobody's going to bother about you. It's me that's going to get mullered. — 2001
(UK, slang) To utterly defeat or outplay (a sportsperson, a team, etc.); to destroy, to thrash, to trounce.
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(informal, no longer used) To grind up (something) into, or as if into, powder.
- The mixing is conducted in a water-bath, and during this process, and as long as the phosphorus is being ground or ‘mullered,’ copious fumes are evolved. — 1848
(no longer used) To cut down or reduce the height of (a top hat).

noun6

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A stone with a flat grinding surface, which is held in the hand and rubbed on a slab to grind paint pigments, medicinal powders, etc.
- The muller provides, in addition, a useful means of comparing the important property of the rate of strength development of pigments. — 1994
A device used for crushing or grinding.
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A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.
- The muller can easily plow through any sand mixture that I put in it and has plenty of power left over. — 2008
One who, or that which, mulls.
A person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.
A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.

forms

mullered · mullering · mullers

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