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The Meaning of muse

  • (n.) A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
  • (n.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural.
  • (n.) A particular power and practice of poetry.
  • (n.) A poet; a bard.
  • (n.) To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
  • (n.) To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.
  • (n.) To wonder.
  • (v. t.) To think on; to meditate on.
  • (v. t.) To wonder at.
  • (n.) Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.
  • (n.) Wonder, or admiration.

Synonyms

Muse , chew over , think over , meditate , ponder , excogitate , contemplate , reflect , mull , mull over , ruminate , speculate

Homophones

meuse , mewes , mews

Rhymes

abuse , accrues , accuse , amuse , andrews , bemuse , blues , bmews , boos , booz , booze , brews , bruise , bruse , buse , canoes , chartreuse , choose , chuse , clews , clues , confuse , coups , crewes , crews , cruise , cruse , cruz , cruze , cues , defuse , dews , diffuse , disabuse , drewes , drews , druse , druze , dues , ensues , enthuse , eschews , excuse , flews , foos , fuse , glues , goos , groos , guse , hewes , hews , hindus , hoos , hues , hughes , hughs , huse , infuse , jews , joos , kangaroos , kloos , koos , kruse , kuse , lewes , loos , lose , luiz , luse , meuse , mewes , misuse , moos , muise , news , oohs , ooohs , ooze , overuse , peruse , pews , primenews , pughs , pursues , ques , recuse , refuse , reuse , reviews , revues , roos , roose , ruse , santa-cruz , schmoose , schmooze , screws , shampoos , shoes , shrews , snooze , soos , sous , spews , stews , strews , sues , suffuse , syracuse , taboos , tewes , throughs , tissues , toulouse , transfuse , trews , trues , twos , underuse , views , whose , woos , worldnews , yoos , youse , zoos