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mud
[ muhd ]
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)
- 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)
- to hide in or burrow into mud.
mud
/ ³¾ÊŒ»å /
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 mudto 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
- tr to soil or cover with mud
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mud1
Idioms and Phrases
see clear as mud ; name is mud ; sling mud at .Example Sentences
"It is as clear as mud," says Mr Down.
Thrives in different conditions, at Haydock in the mud – scene of five of his seven career victories, including back-to-back runnings of the Betfair Chase.
Pulling it out of the mud was a difficult mission.
When discovered by a police officer with a metal detector on a cold November morning last year, the iPad was found caked in mud having been underwater for more than five years.
In the markets, men sit outside mud shops waiting for customers who rarely come.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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