Dung definition

dŭng
dungs
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To spread or cover with dung, as in fertilizing.
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Manure.
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The excrement of animals.
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Manure.
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Animal excrement.
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Filth.
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The excrement of animals.
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(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.
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(countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
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To fertilize with dung.

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(calico printing) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.
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(intransitive) To void excrement.
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(obsolete) Past participle of ding.
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(colloquial) To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.
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Something foul or abhorrent.
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To fertilize (land) with manure.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
dung
Plural:
dungs

Origin of dung

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English, from Old English.

    From Wiktionary

  • See ding

    From Wiktionary

  • unknown

    From Wiktionary

Dung Sentence Examples

  • Maintain the heat in hotbeds and pits by means of fresh dung linings.

  • It has long been known that when organic materials such as the dung and urine of animals, or even the bodies of animals and plants, are applied to the soil, the nitrogen within them becomes oxidized, and ultimately appears in the form of nitrate of lime, potash or some other base.

  • Myxococcus digelatus,bright red fructification occurring on dung (X 120).

  • Many bacteria are known which are capable of denitrification, some of them being abundant in fresh dung and upon old straw.

  • Sometimes various lichens occur abnormally in such unexpected habitats as dried dung of sheep, bleached bones of reindeer and whales, old leather, iron and glass, in districts where the species are abundant.

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