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dung
[ duhng ]
noun
- excrement, especially of animals; manure.
verb (used with object)
- to manure (ground) with or as if with dung.
dung
/ »åʌŋ /
noun
- excrement, esp of animals; manure
- ( as modifier )
dung cart
- something filthy
verb
- tr to cover (ground) with manure
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Derived Forms
- ˈ»å³Ü²Ô²µ²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å³Ü²Ô²µî€ƒy adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dung1
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Low German, German dung; compare Icelandic dyngja heap, dung, Swedish dynga dung, muck, Old High German tunga manuring
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dung1
Old English: prison; related to Old High German tunc cellar roofed with dung, Old Norse dyngja manure heap
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Donald Trump has turned the shining light on the hill into a scorched dung heap by the roadside; a shallow money trench filled with all manner of bilge.
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In 10 to 12 days, adults surface to feast for roughly 90 days on honeydew melon, decaying fruit, plant nectar and bird dung.
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Their guano, or dung, can also be used as fertilizer.
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Students add cow dung to food scraps from class and the school cafeteria to create compost that builds soil for the gardens.
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