Dung meaning

dŭng
To spread or cover with dung, as in fertilizing.
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Animal excrement.
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Filth.
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The excrement of animals.
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Manure.
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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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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

  • they reappear to bury another supply of dung, which serves as food for the larvae.

  • A layer of dung about 8 or io in.

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

  • The following are organic manures: Farm-yard manure consists of the mixed dung of horses and cattle thrown together, and more or less soaked with liquid drainings of the stable or byre.

  • thickness of hot dung, soil is put on to the depth of 8 in., and the frames set over all.

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