dung
/dʌŋ
/noun [mass noun]
The excrement of animals; manure.The scent of dung from the nearby manure pile also makes it difficult to breathe....
- They also provide dung for manure and fuel, and they pull ploughs and carts.
- Muck in the seventeenth century meant, unequivocally, animal dung.
Synonyms
manure, muck, animal excrement;
faeces, droppings, ordure, cowpats;
Indian gobar
North American informal cow chips, horse apples
vulgar slang shit, crap
verb [no object]
1(Of an animal) defecate.
1.1 [with object] Drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).But avoid dunging ground that you plan to use for carrots and parsnips...
- It is said ‘the earth neither grows old nor wears out if it is fed and dunged’, though getting hold of a good supply of well-rotted muck isn't always easy.
Origin
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Dung, Swedish dynga, Icelandic dyngja 'dung, dunghill, heap', and Danish dynge 'heap'.