mud

See also MUD

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Unattested in Old English; probably cognate with (or perhaps directly borrowed from) Middle Dutch modde, Middle Low German modde, mudde (Low German Mudd), (Dutch modder).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭd, IPA: /mʌd/, SAMPA: /mVd/

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• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

Wikipedia mud (countable and uncountable; plural muds)

1. A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
2. A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
3. (construction industry slang) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
4. (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.

   The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.

5. (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.
6. (gay sex, slang) stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex

Derived terms

• muddily
• muddy
• mud dauber
• mudguard
• mud puppy
• mudsill
• mudslinger
• mudstone
• mud turtle

Related terms

• muddle

Translations

mixture of soil and water

Afrikaans: modder Albanian: lym (sq) m., baltë (sq) f., llom (sq) m. Arabic: طين (ʈīen) m. Armenian: ցեխ (hy) (c’ex) Old Armenian: ցեխ (cʿex), գայռ (gayṙ) Bosnian: blato (bs) n., mulj (bs) m. Breton: fank m., pri m. Bulgarian: кал (bg) m., тиня (bg) f. Burmese: ဗွက် (my) (bwe') Catalan: fang m., llot m. Chamicuro: ijpola Chinese: 坭 (ní) Crimean Tatar: şamır Croatian: blato (hr) n., glib (hr) m. Danish: ælte (da) n. Dutch: modder (nl) m., slijk (nl) n., smurrie Esperanto: koto (eo) Estonian: muda (et) Finnish: muta (fi), kura (fi) French: boue (fr) f., fange (fr) f. Georgian: ტალახი (ka) (talaxi) German: Schlamm (de) m., Kot (de) m. Greek: λάσπη (laspi) f., πηλός (pilos) m., βόρβορος (vorvoros) m., γύψος (gypsos) m. Hebrew: בץ (botz) m. Hindi: कीचड़ Hungarian: sár (hu), iszap (hu) Ido: fango Italian: fango (it) m.

Japanese: 泥 (どろ, doro) Khmer: ភក់ (pūək) Korean: 진흙 (jinheuk) Kurdish: قڕ Latin: lutum (la) n. Latvian: dubļi Lithuanian: dumblas Malay: lumpur (ms) Norwegian: søle (no) f., gjørme (no) f., leire (no) m. and f. Oriya: please add this translation if you can Polish: błoto (pl) n. Portuguese: lama (pt) f. Romanian: noroi n. Russian: грязь (grjaz’) f., слякоть (sljákot’) f. Scottish Gaelic: clàbar (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: блато n., муљ m., глиб m., каљ m. Roman: blato n., mulj m., glib m., kalj m. Sotho: seretse (st) Spanish: lodo (es) m., barro (es) m., fango (es) m. Swedish: lera (less water) c., gyttja (more water) c. Tamil: சேறு (cēṟu) Telugu: బురద (te)(burada)(1),ఆడుసు (te)(aDusu)(2) Thai: โคลน (klohn) Tswana: seretse (tn) Turkish: çamur (tr) Vietnamese: bùn (vi) Welsh: llaca (cy) m., llaid (cy) m., llwtra (cy) m. !Xóõ: ǂqʻáa ká

willfull remarks or claims

Dutch: modder (nl) m. French: boue (fr) f.

Italian: fango (it) m.

Verb

mud (third-person singular simple present muds, present participle mudding, simple past and past participle mudded)

1. (transitive) To make muddy, dirty
2. (transitive) To make turbid

Translations

to make muddy

Dutch: beslijken, verslijken, besmeuren

Romanian: noroi (ro), înnămoli (ro)

Anagrams

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Adjective

mud

1. mute

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Alternative forms

• mudde

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin modius 'bushel'

Noun

mud n. (plural mudden, diminutive mudje or muddeken)

1. An old measure of volume, varying in content over time and regions; nowadays usually 1 hectoliter

   Een mud is zo'n 70 kilo aardappelen

   One mud is about 70 kg potatoes

2. A wooden container having such content; again used as measure for bulk wares sold in it, such as cereals
3. A land measure, presumably supposedly the area sown which that much seed
4. A small measure for liquids, about 1 deciliter

Derived terms

• mudderecht n.
• mudszak m.
• korenmud n.