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Mud

/mʌd/

A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

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📖 Definitions of "Mud"

noun

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
Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
"The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties."

verb

1
To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
2
To make turbid.
3
To go under the mud, as an eel does.

🔄 Synonyms of "Mud"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
claynoun	A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
muck upverb	(informal, transitive, intransitive) To ruin unintentionally.
mirenoun	An undesirable situation; a predicament.
mucknoun	Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mud"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
muck upverb	(informal, transitive, intransitive) To ruin unintentionally.
mucknoun	Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
mirenoun	An undesirable situation; a predicament.
claynoun	A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
fendernoun	(US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
slamnoun	(countable) A sudden impact or blow.
mlinoun	Initialism of multi-layer insulation.
vesselnoun	A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space.
dumpnoun	A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
garbagenoun	Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
broomnoun	(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
junknoun	Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
messnoun	a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
troublenoun	A distressing or dangerous situation.
damnnoun	(sometimes vulgar) The word "damn" employed as a curse.
gutternoun	A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
ditchnoun	A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
daubernoun	(derogatory) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
nainoun	(music) A Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century.