MEANING
Covered with mud, containing mud, or clouded by suspended earthy particles.
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Dirty runoff, earth mixed with water, and messy travel.Show wet soil transferring onto bodies and objects.
Words that belong together
- muddy track
- muddy water
- muddy boots
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The muddy track swallowed the cart's wheels.
A muddy plume spread where the stream entered the lake.
She scraped her muddy boots on a stone.
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- muddy
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Distinguish a mud-coated surface from muddy water; both are physical senses, not the figurative unclear sense. Comparative: muddier; superlative: muddiest. Derived: muddiness.
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