mudnoun [ U ]
uk/mʌd/us/mʌd/B2 earth that has been mixed with water:
The vehicles got bogged down in the heavy mud.
Modern houses have replaced the one-room mud huts with grass roofs that had been home to generations of peasants.
These mud flats (= level ground near the sea) are a site of special scientific interest.
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- He got out of the car and squelched through the mud to open the gate.
- Police found tyre tracks in the mud.
- Two bikes raced by and spattered mud over our clothes.
- My trousers got covered in mud, but luckily I was able to brush them clean.
- My car's stuck in the mud - it won't shift.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Soil
- aerator
- boulder clay
- chalk
- dirt
- grit
- ground
- heavy
- laterite
- limy
- loam
- mudslide
- ooze
- ore
- peat bog
- sandy
- sediment
- sludge
- soil science
- topsoil
- worm cast
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Idiom(s)
here's mud in your eye!
hurl/throw/sling mud at sb
mud sticks