Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
mud
IPA transcription: [m'ʌd]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
mud, clay
Meaning:
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
Usage examples
A sluggish ditch deposited its mud at the prison walls.
I don't like young women when they're damp and smell of mud."
"I'd rather walk at the end of a rifle than drown in this mud.
Rubbish, such as old mud huts, and mortar, generally abounds with it.
'Why!' said the brothers, 'this is pure mud, straight from the ditch.'
Some men laughed at me because my old shoes made me slip down in the mud.
After a few days he sent forth another bird, which returned with mud on its feet.
Clear running water filled the ditch, but the bottom was dull black, powdery mud.
Black mud was stirred up in whirlpools; seething bubbles came to the surface and burst.
This ungraceful practice can be tolerated only for a moment, when the mud is very deep.