1
: a slimy sticky mixture of solid material with a liquid and especially water
especially
: soft wet earth
2
: abusive and malicious remarks or charges
political campaigners slinging mud at each other
3
: anathema sense 1a
—usually used in the phrase one's name is mud
4
: a mixture of water, clay, and chemicals used in oil-well drilling and having various functions (such as lubrication and cooling of the bit and flushing of rock particles to the surface)
mudded; mudding
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Examples of mud in a Sentence
Noun
He tracked mud into the house.
The car was stuck in the mud.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Divers faced intense mud and near-zero visibility, despite the aircraft resting in only a few feet of water.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The species is found in shallow coastal waters, including in the Gulf of Mexico near rock outcrops and sometimes mud, according to officials.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The fires have been lousy for wildlife as well as humans:
Biologists were forced to rescue hundreds of endangered steelhead trout from the Santa Monica Mountains, before a storm arrived to bury them in a post-fire slurry of mud.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Divers faced intense mud and near-zero visibility, despite the aircraft resting in only a few feet of water.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
California concerns turn from fire to mud Intermittent showers sweeping across Southern California on Sunday provided welcome relief for firefighters battling devastating wildfires but threatened to bring an unwelcome side effect — mudslides.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
The species is found in shallow coastal waters, including in the Gulf of Mexico near rock outcrops and sometimes mud, according to officials.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Mud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mud. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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