mud Definition
mud (mud)
noun
- wet, soft, sticky earth
- defamatory remarks; libel or slander
Etymology: ME, prob. < a LowG source as in mudde < IE *meut < base *meu-, wet, musty > moss, mother
transitive verb mud′·ded, mud′·ding
to cover or soil with or as with mud; muddy
mud Synonyms
mud
n.
MUD Hacker Definition
A multi-user dungeon scenario used in computer gaming.
See Also: LambdaMOO.
mud Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ooze: His horse stumbled into a bog and began to sink into the dark oozing mud.
- colonize: It represents Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand in northwest England and southwest Scotland.
- scrape: Clean tools after use by scraping mud off and washing blades.
- sling: I was slinging mud and pinecones at my lads between scenes and one of the Assistant Directors shouted " Oi you come here!
- throw: At other points, for example by the Jet Gasoline Station, mud thrown up by passing traffic has totally obliterated the line.
- boil: A mud pot throws steam and boiling mud into the air.
Preposition: at
tide: Good numbers of grey-headed gulls roost on the mud at low tide.
Adjective modifier
- glutinous: During wet weather the clay soils can soon become churned by horses into a very glutinous mud.
- slimy: The first obstacle was the climb up slimy mud to a higher level.
- sticky: These gave access to a sort of sloping ledge covered in sticky mud.
- estuarine: Sheltered estuarine mud and sandflats occur away from the fast-flowing river channel.
- thick: The ground consisted of several inches of thick dirty mud.
- stinking: No more the wounded dragged from stinking mud, Or the constant rain that starts the flood.
Modifies a noun
- hut: Its coast is lined by small hamlets of mud huts with indigenous women in bowler hats farming their land.
- brick: In the early 18th Dynasty mud brick chapels are common.
- flat: Andrew Goddard's oil paintings are of the tidal mud flats of the river Yar in the Isle of Wight.
- wrestling: Fire eating, wet t-shirt competitions, beach parties and mud wrestling definitely makes this the official mad house!
- bath: This mud bath is in fact a cleaning process which can be used to cool them down.
- filtrate: Knowledge of the amount of drilling mud filtrate in your water has a number of uses.
Noun used with modifier
drilling: Mud or Slush Pumps: used to pump drilling mud under high pressure down the inside of the drill pipe.
Browse dictionary entries near mud
- ‹ mucus
- ‹ mucronate
- ‹ mucro
- ‹ mucous membrane
- ‹ mucous
- ‹ mucosa
- ‹ mucopurulent
- ‹ mucoprotein
- ‹ mucopolysaccharide
- ‹ mucoid
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- mud eel ›
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- mud hen ›
- mud puppy ›
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- mud turtle ›
- mudcat ›
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