mudsliden.
/ˈmʌdslʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmədˌslaɪd/ 1. A landslip of mud.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > movement under gravity or water
land-rushc1550
slide1664
landslip1679
pitting1686
rockfall?1797
shoot1820
landslide1822
run1827
mountain slide1830
slip1838
slough1838
mudslide1848
founder1882
creep1889
soil-creep1897
rock creep1902
slump1905
solifluction1906
slumping1907
slopewash1938
sludging1946
mass wasting1951
1848 Morning Post 19 Aug. 7/3 Account of an extensive mud slide in the island of Malta.
1874 Catholic World Dec. 390 Standing here, it was easy to understand the most noted of these events—the mud-slide of 1795, which threatened Weggis with destruction.
1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Oct. 1/7 Mud slides also add to the danger of operating trains until repairs can be effected.
1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 27 Jan. 4/8 Mudslides buried sleepers alive..as Southern California was deluged by rain.
1999 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 12 Oct. 18/5 Some access roads [were] blocked by fallen trees [or] mudslides.
2. An incline of mud, esp. smoothed and shaped to allow objects or people to slide down.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > slippery smoothness > slippery surface, part, or object
slide1688
butter slide1843
mudslide1856
slither1919
snow slide1927
1856 Geol. Rep. Midl. Counties N. Carolina 165 The mine is disturbed by a cross course, or as it is usually called, a mud slide.
1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War iv. 35 That dugout was a deep one, with a steep mud-slide of an entrance.
1999 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) June 166/1 Festivals aren't just about mudslides, jugglers and chemical loos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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