dung Hear it!

dung definition

dung (duŋ)

noun

  1. animal excrement; manure
  2. filth

Etymology: ME & OE, prob. identical with dung, a prison, orig., cellar covered with dung for warmth, as in OS dung, OHG tung, cellar where women weave < IE base *dheng-, to cover

transitive verb

to spread or cover with dung, as in fertilizing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

dung Synonyms

dung

n.

offal, excrement, manure, guano, fertilizer, night soil, compost, droppings, excreta, chips, pellets, spoor, evidence, leavings, muck, ordure, feces, filth, garbage, sludge, slop, sewage, cowflop*, cowpat*, cowpie*, pancakes*, road apples*, buttons*; see also excrement, fertilizer.


Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

dung Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • burn: In the middle is a stove where they burn the yak dung.

Adjective modifier

  • camel: You may find yourself gathering camel dung to put on the fire.

Modifies a noun

  • beetle: A cow pat is heaven to a dung beetle.

Noun used with modifier

  • yak: In the middle is a stove where they burn the yak dung.
dung usage examples (more)

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

dung quotes

O wombe! O bely! O stynkyng cod Fulfilled of dong and of corrupcioun!

-Chaucer, Geoffrey

It is better to sniff France's dung for a while than eat China's all our lives. 405

-Ho Chi Minh originally NguyenThatThanh

Gula carum tributem exigit, sed vilissimum reddit, quia quanto sunt delicaciora cibavia, tanto fetidiora sunt stercora. Gluttony demands a heavy tribute but gives the basest returns: the more delicate the food, the more reeking the dung.

-Pope Innocent III originally Lotario de' Conti di Segni

dung quotes (more)

Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"dung." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 5 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/dung>

APA Style

dung. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 5th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/dung

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment