Past tense of mull
regular verb
The past tense of mull is mulled. The past participle is also mulled.
Forms of mull
| Base form (V1) | mull /mʌl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | mulled /mʌld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | mulled /mʌld/ |
| Present participle | mulling |
| Third person singular | mulls |
Mulled in a sentence
- Adult Swedes also enjoy their favourite Christmas drink, glogg, which is a spicy mulled wine.2004, Becky Ohlsen, Jonathan Smith, Stockholm, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry glogg
- Many of these hot drinks have clerical names—Bishop being a type of mulled port, Cardinal using claret, and Pope Champagne.1976 January 15, Times (London), 12/8. From the entry pope
- Where McGovern sits among the greatest defenders to have played the game will be mulled over by sentimental, soppy supporters for days to come.2025 June 21, Brendan Foster, “Gov's ability to read the play ranks him among the best defenders of the modern era”, in WAToday, retrieved…. From the entry key back
- According to this now vast popular literature, the creation of an atmosphere of hygge is aided by gløgg (mulled wine), meatballs and cardamom buns.2016 November 22, Charlotte Higgins, “The hygge conspiracy”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2018. From the entry hygge
- I’m certain it would take more than a pull of Persy’s mulled wine to jerrycummymble the tongue of one of Frysan Wright’s sons.2009, James G. Anderson & Mark Sebanc, The Stoneholding. From the entry jerrycummumble
Meaning of mull
- verb To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
- verb To powder; to pulverize.
- verb To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
Questions about the past tense of mull
- What is the past tense of mull?
- The past tense of mull is mulled.
- What is the past participle of mull?
- The past participle of mull is mulled.
- Is mull a regular or irregular verb?
- Mull is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mull (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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