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1. (n.) mule
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey.
2. mule
a stubborn person.
3. mule
a hybrid songbird, esp. of the canaryand another finch.
4. mule
any sterile hybrid plant.
5. mule
Slang. a person paid to transport contraband, esp. drugs, for a smuggler.
6. mule
a machine for spinning cotton or other fibers into yarn and winding the yarn on spindles.
7. mule
a hybrid coin having the obverse of one issue and the reverse of the succeeding issue.
8. (n.) mule
a lounging slipper that covers the toes and instep or only the instep.
9. mule
a women's shoe resembling this.
Etymology: (1555–65; ME: sore spot on the heel, chilblain, perh. < MD mūle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) mule
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
2. (noun) mule, scuff
a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
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1. (noun) mule
an animal that is half horse and half donkey
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) mule
a hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny
2. (noun) mule
a plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid
3. (noun) mule
a very stubborn person
4. (noun) mule
a machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny
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Sense: an animal whose parents are a horse and an ass, known for its habit of being stubborn.
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 Afrikaans: muil |
 Arabic: بَغْل |
 Bulgarian: муле |
 Brazilian: mula |
 Czech: mul, mezek |
 German: das Maultier, der Maulese |
 Danish: muldyr |
 Greek: μουλάρι |
 Spanish: mula |
 Estonian: muul |
 Farsi: قاطر |
 Finnish: muuli |
 French: mule |
 Hebrew: פֶּרֶד |
 Hindi: खच्चर, बेसर |
 Croatian: mula, mazga |
 Hungarian: öszvér |
 Indonesian: keledai |
 Icelandic: múlasni |
 Italian: mulo |
 Japanese: らば |
 Korean: 노새 |
 Lithuanian: mulas, asilėnas |
 Latvian: mūlis |
 Malay: keldai |
 Dutch: muilezel |
 Norwegian: muldyr |
 Polish: muł |
 Persian: قاطر |
 Pashto: قاطر |
 Portuguese: mula |
 Romanian: catâr |
 Russian: мул |
 Slovak: mul, mulica |
 Slovenian: mula |
 Serbian: mazga |
 Swedish: mula, mulåsna |
 Thai: ล่อ |
 Turkish: katır |
 Taiwanese: 騾子 |
 Ukrainian: мул |
 Urdu: خچّر |
 Vietnamese: con la |
 Chinese: 骡 |
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