mud

[ muhd ]

/ mʌd /

noun

wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.

Informal. scandalous or malicious assertions or information: The opposition threw a lot of mud at our candidate.

Slang. brewed coffee, especially when strong or bitter.

a mixture of chemicals and other substances pumped into a drilling rig chiefly as a lubricant for the bit and shaft.

verb (used with object), mud·ded, mud·ding.

to cover, smear, or spatter with mud: to mud the walls of a hut.

to stir up the mud or sediment in: waders mudding the clear water.

verb (used without object), mud·ded, mud·ding.

to hide in or burrow into mud.

Origin of mud

1300–50; Middle English mudde, mode < Middle Low German mudde. Cf. mother²

OTHER WORDS FROM mud

un·mud·ded, adjective

Words nearby mud

mucous plug, mucoviscidosis, mucro, mucronate, mucus, mud, mud bath, mud berth, mud bug, mud crab, mud crack

Example sentences from the Web for mud

He scrambled outside to find a 25-foot-wide crater just beyond the mud wall surrounding his family compound.

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Knee deep in mud, sweat mixing with rain, they forced the Land Rover through the jungle.

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Sheets of torrential rains pouring down over the Land Rover sent its four wheels plunging into the mud.

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In a dim backroom of a mud hut in Save, 82-year-old Teresa Nyirabutunda sits propped upright in bed by her daughter, Francine.

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The young boy who had fashioned the mud toy grinned at all the attention he was receiving.

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The Bishop of Tronyem over the ankles in the sodden, trodden pasture—sticking in the mud of Sulitelma!

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The surface is porous; the cells are distant and arranged irregularly, and seem as if composed of sand cemented with mud.

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It had walls of slippery clay and a corduroyed bottom, but the corduroy was hidden beneath the mud left by thousands of feet.

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Carefully he examined the footprints written in the bed of mud he had prepared.

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When the first Earth ship finally landed there, all they found was a great quantity of mud.

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British Dictionary definitions for mud

mud

/ (mʌd) /

noun

a fine-grained soft wet deposit that occurs on the ground after rain, at the bottom of ponds, lakes, etc

informal slander or defamation

clear as mud informal not at all clear

drag someone's name in the mud to disgrace or defame someone

here's mud in your eye informal a humorous drinking toast

someone's name is mud informal someone is disgraced

throw mud at or sling mud at informal to slander; vilify

verb muds, mudding or mudded

(tr) to soil or cover with mud

Word Origin for mud

C14: probably from Middle Low German mudde; compare Middle High German mot swamp, mud, Swedish modd slush

Idioms and Phrases with mud

mud

see clear as mud; name is mud; sling mud at.

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mud

noun

verb (used with object), mud·ded, mud·ding.

verb (used without object), mud·ded, mud·ding.

Origin of mud

OTHER WORDS FROM mud

Words nearby mud

Example sentences from the Web for mud

British Dictionary definitions for mud

noun

verb muds, mudding or mudded

Word Origin for mud

Idioms and Phrases with mud

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

mud

noun

verb (used with object), mud·ded, mud·ding.

verb (used without object), mud·ded, mud·ding.

Origin of mud

OTHER WORDS FROM mud

Words nearby mud

Words related to mud

Example sentences from the Web for mud

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noun

verb muds, mudding or mudded

Word Origin for mud

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British Dictionary definitions for mud