maul
31maul — UK [mɔːl] / US [mɔl] verb [transitive] Word forms maul : present tense I/you/we/they maul he/she/it mauls present participle mauling past tense mauled past participle mauled 1) if an animal mauls a person or other animal, it attacks them with its …
32Maul — das Maul, ä er (Mittelstufe) die einem Mund ähnliche Öffnung am Kopf eines Tieres Beispiel: Das Nilpferd hat sein Maul weit aufgerissen …
33maul — I. noun Etymology: Middle English malle mace, maul, from Anglo French mail, from Latin malleus; akin to Old Church Slavic mlatŭ hammer, Latin molere to grind more at meal Date: 13th century a heavy often wooden headed hammer used especially for… …
34maul — mauler, n. /mawl/, n. 1. a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges. 2. Archaic. a heavy club or mace. v.t. 3. to handle or use roughly: The book was badly mauled by its borrowers. 4. to injure by a rough beating, shoving, or the like;… …
35maul — verb ADVERB ▪ badly, brutally, severely ▪ She was badly mauled by a lion. ▪ fatally Maul is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑dog, ↑lion, ↑ …
36maul — to caress (a reluctant female) Literally, to handle roughly, but to an unwilling partner, any male fondling is excessive: Because you give me the occasional meal... doesn t mean you have the right to maul me. (Archer, 1979) …
37maul — A wooden club used to strike a wood carving chisel. A maul is shaped from a single piece of wood taken from the base of a young tree …
38maul — verb 1》 (of an animal) wound by scratching and tearing. ↘handle or treat savagely or roughly. 2》 Rugby Union take part in a maul. noun 1》 Rugby Union a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground. Compare with ruck1. 2》… …
39maul — verb 1) he had been mauled by a lion Syn: savage, attack, tear to pieces, lacerate, claw, scratch 2) the customers are not allowed to maul our dancers Syn: molest, feel, fondle, manhandle; informal grope, paw …
40maul — [[t]mɔl[/t]] n. 1) bui a heavy hammer often with a wooden head used esp. for driving stakes or wedges 2) to use roughly; manhandle 3) to injure by rough treatment • Etymology: 1200–50; ME malle < OF mail mallet, hammer < L malleus maul′er,… …
