dung
Manure; animal excrementManure; animal excrement.
» Fyodor brought a dung beetle home.
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3 senses(uncountable)Manure; animal excrement.
Dünger, Mist
наво́зnavóz, калkal, помётpomjót
гнійhnij, калkal, екскреме́нтиekskreménty
(countable)A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
(UK, countable, obsolete, slang)A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.
- fecal matter of animals
Examples
180 sentencesFyodor brought a dung beetle home.
Do dung beetles carry tiny compasses?
Fyodor finds dung beetles so cute.
The dung ball is pretty dry.
Fyodor picked the dung beetle up.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”),From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).
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Forms
plural: dungsSynonyms
2 synonyms- fecal matter of animals:droppingsmuck
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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