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mud Definition

mud (mud)

noun

  1. wet, soft, sticky earth
  2. 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.

dirt, muck, clay, alluvia, mire, slush, silt, muddiness, turbidity, stickiness, ooze, clayeyness, bog, marsh, swamp, hardpan, percolation, viscidity, soup*, axle grease*; see also filth.

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

  1. mucus
  2. mucronate
  3. mucro
  4. mucous membrane
  5. mucous
  6. mucosa
  7. mucopurulent
  8. mucoprotein
  9. mucopolysaccharide
  10. mucoid
  1. mud crack
  2. mud dauber
  3. mud eel
  4. mud flat
  5. mud hen
  6. mud puppy
  7. mud snake
  8. mud turtle
  9. mudcat
  10. mudder