mud
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Water soaked soil.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
muhdIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmʌd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Water soaked soil; soft wet earth
A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.
Venezuelan politics
Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.
A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall.
figuratively
Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.
Slanderous remarks or charges
verb
transitive
To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something).
transitive
To make turbid.
Plaster with mud
intransitive
To go under the mud, as an eel does.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Water soaked soil; soft wet earth
Used this way, mud is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use mud
- “After the rain, the path was covered in thick, slippery mud.”
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A brick made from baked mud.
Wrestle in mud.
A bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism).
A mixture of clays and chemicals and water.
Speak unfavorably about.
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