Mud (Verb)
Meaning 1
Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden.
- The hikers carefully made their way across the mountain trail so as not to mud up their boots.
- After playing outside all day the kids had managed to mud their clothes and shoes.
- The farmer's boots were already muddy but he still managed to mud the hem of his pants.
- It had been raining all week and the overflowing puddles were starting to mud the street.
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Meaning 2
Plaster with mud.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The walls were rough and needed to be plastered with mud to create a smooth finish before painting.
- In some African villages, homes are built by plastering the walls with mud and allowing them to dry under the sun.
- The artist decided to plaster with mud some areas of the canvas and then add paint to create a texture effect.
- To protect the foundations, workers plastered with mud and straw the underside of the ancient monument.
- Before adding a new layer of paint, the old surface was scraped and re-plastered with mud to cover up any holes.