mud
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,754 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,031 times across 175,173 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- water soaked soil; soft wet earth also: clay
- slanderous remarks or charges
verb
- soil with mud, muck, or mire also: mire, muck, muck up The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden
- plaster with mud
mud in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They were cold and draggled with mud.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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A body would a thought he was Adam--he was just all mud.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 06 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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His clothes had greatly suffered; he was covered with mud up to the chin.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 2
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I do not know to this day whether there is gold at the bottom or mud.
The Velvet Glove · Henry Seton Merriman · Chapter 1
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The inundation had swept away trees, crops, and cattle, and left in their stead a waste of red sand and gray mud.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1