Mud
noun
A soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water.
Her boots sank into the heavy mud.
Often appears as...
- stick in the mud
- mud pie
noun
Information or allegations regarded as damaging, typically concerning a politician or public figure.
His opponents threw a lot of mud at him during the election.
Often appears as...
- as clear as mud
- throw mud
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
verb
To cover or spatter with mud.
The truck mudded his new shoes.
Often appears as...
- as clear as mud
- mud up
noun
A computer-based text or virtual reality game.
I play a mud where you can choose your own adventure.
Often appears as...
- multi-user dungeon
- playing mud
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water.
Her boots sank into the heavy mud.
Often appears as...
- stick in the mud
- mud pie
noun
Information or allegations regarded as damaging, typically concerning a politician or public figure.
His opponents threw a lot of mud at him during the election.
Often appears as...
- as clear as mud
- throw mud
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
verb
To cover or spatter with mud.
The truck mudded his new shoes.
Often appears as...
- as clear as mud
- mud up
noun
A computer-based text or virtual reality game.
I play a mud where you can choose your own adventure.
Often appears as...
- multi-user dungeon
- playing mud
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor imagery
Think of rainy days, gardening, or walking through puddles - situations where mud is commonly found.
After the storm, the park was covered in mud.
Pro Tip 2/3Negatively viewed
Mud often has a negative connotation, implying messiness or trouble.
They went home covered in mud after their hike.
Pro Tip 3/3Clean with care
Items stained with mud need to be cleaned gently to avoid damage.
I gently scrubbed my shoes to remove the caked-on mud.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor imagery
Think of rainy days, gardening, or walking through puddles - situations where mud is commonly found.
After the storm, the park was covered in mud.
Pro Tip 2/3Negatively viewed
Mud often has a negative connotation, implying messiness or trouble.
They went home covered in mud after their hike.
Pro Tip 3/3Clean with care
Items stained with mud need to be cleaned gently to avoid damage.
I gently scrubbed my shoes to remove the caked-on mud.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor imagery
Think of rainy days, gardening, or walking through puddles - situations where mud is commonly found.
After the storm, the park was covered in mud.
Pro Tip 2/3Negatively viewed
Mud often has a negative connotation, implying messiness or trouble.
They went home covered in mud after their hike.
Pro Tip 3/3Clean with care
Items stained with mud need to be cleaned gently to avoid damage.
I gently scrubbed my shoes to remove the caked-on mud.
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Video examples
The chemistry of cookies...
so like mud baking in the sun, your cookie gets dried out and it stiffens. Cracks spread across its surface. The steam that was bubbling inside evaporates, leaving behind airy pockets that make the cookie light and flaky. Helping this along is your leavening agent, sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda.
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This deep-sea mystery is...
Alright, now -- please raise your hand if the reason you raised your hand to go to the bottom of the ocean is because it would get you a little bit closer to that exciting mud that's down there. Nobody. I'm the only one in this room. Well, I think about this all the time.
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Poetic performance and...
they told me that I was meant for the cleaner life that you would drag me through the mud they said that you would shred all over me that they could see right through you that you were full of hot air then I
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
these birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female they're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulders overhang where it'll be protected from the rain
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Leopard Learns How to...
Even the river, normally a lifeline for the animals, has almost disappeared. Yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what it is
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what
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Beaver Lodge Construction...
And there, where the water is deepest, they dive down and push each branch firmly into the mud at the bottom. This is the beavers' fridge, where the vegetation will keep fresh
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Thorny Devil PIPE National...
devil as the lizard most in need of a spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I
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These Ancient Birds Have...
These birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female. They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang,
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Aquatic Animals Take To...
a mud skipper a fish that spends most of its life
Video examples
The chemistry of cookies...
so like mud baking in the sun, your cookie gets dried out and it stiffens. Cracks spread across its surface. The steam that was bubbling inside evaporates, leaving behind airy pockets that make the cookie light and flaky. Helping this along is your leavening agent, sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda.
Video examples
This deep-sea mystery is...
Alright, now -- please raise your hand if the reason you raised your hand to go to the bottom of the ocean is because it would get you a little bit closer to that exciting mud that's down there. Nobody. I'm the only one in this room. Well, I think about this all the time.
Video examples
Poetic performance and...
they told me that I was meant for the cleaner life that you would drag me through the mud they said that you would shred all over me that they could see right through you that you were full of hot air then I
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
these birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female they're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulders overhang where it'll be protected from the rain
Video examples
Leopard Learns How to...
Even the river, normally a lifeline for the animals, has almost disappeared. Yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what it is
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what
Video examples
Beaver Lodge Construction...
And there, where the water is deepest, they dive down and push each branch firmly into the mud at the bottom. This is the beavers' fridge, where the vegetation will keep fresh
Video examples
Thorny Devil PIPE National...
devil as the lizard most in need of a spa treatment we mean the whole program sea salt scrub mud baths kelp wrap hydrotherapy and the world's longest deepest facial I
Video examples
These Ancient Birds Have...
These birds mate for life and the male reaffirms the bond by displaying to the female. They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang,
Video examples
Aquatic Animals Take To...
a mud skipper a fish that spends most of its life
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Quote examples
Bruce Rauner
American Businessman
We've talked through the fact that our family will be attacked. Our family will be dragged through the mud. My businesses that I've helped build and create will be attacked and dragged through the mud. That's politics. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it or thinking about it.
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Hank Aaron
American Baseball Player
Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he's treated.
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Robin Day
British Journalist
I think it's really important to use your hands and get close to materials. To be up close to real things like rain and mud; to have contact with nature.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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John Madden
American Entertainer
If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.
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Denzel Washington
American Actor
You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
I made all my generals out of mud.
Quote examples
Bruce Rauner
American Businessman
We've talked through the fact that our family will be attacked. Our family will be dragged through the mud. My businesses that I've helped build and create will be attacked and dragged through the mud. That's politics. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it or thinking about it.
Quote examples
Hank Aaron
American Baseball Player
Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he's treated.
Quote examples
Robin Day
British Journalist
I think it's really important to use your hands and get close to materials. To be up close to real things like rain and mud; to have contact with nature.
Quote examples
George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
Quote examples
John Madden
American Entertainer
If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.
Quote examples
Denzel Washington
American Actor
You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
Quote examples
Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.
Quote examples
Orson Welles
American Actor
They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
Quote examples
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
I made all my generals out of mud.
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