Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [myool]
- /myul/
- /mjuːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [myool]
- /myul/
Definitions of mules word
- noun mules a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep. 1
- noun mules a woman's shoe resembling this. 1
- noun mules Plural form of mule. 1
- verb mules to perform the Mules operation on (a sheep) 0
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Origin of mules
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English < Old French < Latin mūla mule (feminine); replacing Old English mūl < Latin mūlus (masculine)
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Parts of speech for Mules
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mules popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mules usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mules
noun mules
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- burro — a donkey, esp one used as a pack animal
- ass — An ass is an animal which is related to a horse but which is smaller and has long ears.
- pony — a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- jackass — a male donkey.
adjective mules
- firms — Plural form of firm.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- intransigent — refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
- irons — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- recalcitrants — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
Antonyms for mules
noun mules
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- singularity — the state, fact, or quality of being singular.
- homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- pedigreed — having established purebred ancestry: a pedigreed collie.
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