Definition of Maul

1. Noun. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.

Exact synonyms: Sledge, Sledgehammer
Generic synonyms: Hammer
Derivative terms: Sledge, Sledgehammer

2. Verb. Split (wood) with a maul and wedges.
Generic synonyms: Cleave, Rive, Split

3. Verb. Injure badly by beating.
Exact synonyms: Mangle
Entails: Injure, Wound, Mar, Mutilate
Generic synonyms: Blemish, Deface, Disfigure
Derivative terms: Mangler, Mauler

Definition of Maul

1. n. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.

2. v. t. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.

Definition of Maul

1. to injure by beating [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Maul

1. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. Alternative forms: mall. See: Mall a hammer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maul

maudlin
maudlinly
maudlinwort
mauds
Maud Gonne
mauger
Maugham
maugre
maugred
maugres
maugring
Maui
Maui Island
maukin
maul (current term)
maul (current term)
maul-stick
Mauldin
maule
maule's quince
mauled
mauler
maulers
maulgre
maulgred
maulgres
maulgring
mauling
mauls
maulstick

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