Meaning

17 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

    Schlamm, Kot

    грязьgrjazʹ, сля́котьsljákotʹ

    грязьhrjazʹ, брудbrud, болотоboloto

    water soaked soil; soft wet earth

  2. (countable, uncountable)A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.

  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.

    The campaign issues got lost in all the mud from both parties.

    slanderous remarks or charges

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

  8. (countable, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur, uncountable)A black person.

  9. (countable, uncountable)Drilling fluid.

  10. (countable, slang, uncountable)Coffee.

  11. (countable, slang, uncountable)Opium.

  12. (countable, slang, uncountable)Heroin.

Examples

238 sentences
  1. Tom's car was stuck in the mud.

    Машина Тома застрягла у багнюці.

    deToms Auto steckte im Schlamm fest.

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  2. Tom's car got stuck in the mud.

    Машина Тома застрягла у багнюці.

    ruМашина Тома застряла в грязи.

    deToms Auto blieb im Schlamm stecken.

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  3. Tom's car is stuck in the mud.

    Машина Тома застрягла у багнюці.

    ruМашина Тома застряла в грязи.

    deToms Auto steckt im Matsch fest.

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  4. We like playing in the mud.

    Нам подобається гратися в багні.

    ruНам нравится играть в грязи.

    deIm Schlamm zu spielen gefällt uns!

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  5. The car was stuck in the mud.

    Машина застрягла в багнюці.

    ruМашина застряла в грязи.

    deDas Auto blieb im Schlamm stecken.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mixture of soil and water:
Русский
By meaning 1
mixture of soil and water:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
mixture of soil and water:

Origin

From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or

From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), Danish mudder (“mud”). Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g. Finnish muta (“mud”), Northern Sami mođđi (“mud”), Erzya мода (moda, “earth, ground”) from Proto-Uralic *muďa (“earth”)).

From Dutch mud, from West Germanic, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and muid.

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Forms

plural: muds / mudden
Singularmud
Pluralmuds / mudden

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
bushelmuidDutch bushel
Close in meaning
  • water soaked soil; soft wet earth:clay

Word family

140 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • in the mud
  • covered with mud
  • covered in mud

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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