Meaning

5 senses
  1. To handle someone or something in a rough way.

    rücksichtslos anfassen, misshandeln

    терза́тьterzátʹ, истяза́тьistjazátʹ, му́читьmúčitʹ

  2. (usually)To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.

    The bear mauled him in a terrible way.

    zerfleischen, übel zurichten

    кале́читьkaléčitʹ, покале́читьpokaléčitʹ, искале́читьiskaléčitʹ

  3. (figuratively)To criticise harshly.

    The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.

    anmotzen

  4. (transitive)To beat with a maul.

    split (wood) with a maul and wedges

  5. (slang)To play rough, to fondle intensively.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom was mauled by a bear.

    deTom ist von einem Bären angefallen worden.

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  2. Tom got mauled by a bear.

    ruТома задрал медведь.

    deTom wurde von einem Bären zerfleischt.

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  3. Tom was mauled to death by a bear.

    ruТома загрыз медведь.

    deTom ist von einem Bären zerfleischt worden.

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  4. Tom's dog mauled the cat that came into our yard.

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  5. Tom was mauled by a dog when he was a kid.

    deTom wurde als Kind von einem Hund angefallen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
handle in a rough way:
savage:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
handle in a rough way:
savage:
to criticise rudely:

Origin

From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, fr

From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.

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Forms

mauls, mauling, mauled, mauled
Base formmaul · to maul
3rd person singularmauls
Present participlemauling
Past simplemauled
Past participlemauled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymaul
he, she, itmauls

Past simpleLesson

all personsmauled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mauled
he, she, ithas mauled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill maul

Synonyms

97 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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