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mud·dy
(mŭd′ē)adj. mud·di·er, mud·di·est
1. Full of or covered with mud.
2.
a. Not bright or pure: a muddy color.
b. Not clear; cloudy, as with sediment: muddy coffee.
3. Lacking luster; dull: a muddy complexion.
4. Confused or vague: muddy thinking.
tr.v. mud·died, mud·dy·ing, mud·dies
1. To make dirty or muddy.
2. To make dull or cloudy.
3. To make obscure or confused.
mud′di·ly adv.
mud′di·ness n.
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muddy
(ˈmʌdɪ)adj, -dier or -diest
1. covered or filled with mud
2. not clear or bright: muddy colours.
3. cloudy: a muddy liquid.
4. (esp of thoughts) confused or vague
vb, -dies, -dying or -died
to become or cause to become muddy
ˈmuddily adv
ˈmuddiness n
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mud•dy
(ˈmʌd i)adj. -di•er, -di•est, adj.
1. abounding in or covered with mud.
2. not clear or pure: muddy colors.
3. dull, as the complexion.
4. obscure or vague, as thought or expression.
v.t. 5. to make muddy.
6. to make turbid.
7. to cause to be confused or obscure.
[1375–1425]
mud′di•ly, adv.
mud′di•ness, n.
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muddy
Past participle: muddied
Gerund: muddying
| Imperative |
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| muddy |
| muddy |
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| Verb | 1. | muddy - dirty with mud |
| 2. | muddy - cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction" obnubilate, obscure, blur, confuse - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" | |
| 3. | muddy - make turbid; "muddy the water" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  muddy - (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" |
| 2. | muddy - dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable" dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" | |
| 3. | muddy - (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" impure - combined with extraneous elements | |
| 4. | muddy - (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays" |
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muddy
adjective
2. dirty, soiled, grimy, mucky, mud-caked, bespattered, skanky (slang), clarty (Scot. & Northern English dialect) muddy boots
3. dull, flat, blurred, unclear, smoky, washed-out, dingy, lustreless The paper has turned a muddy colour.
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
muddy
adjective1. Covered or soiled with mud:
miry.
2. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended:
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muddy
[ˈmʌdɪ]A. ADJ (muddier (compar) (muddiest (superl)))
1. (= covered in mud) [clothes, hands, floor, carpet, track, field] → lleno de barro, embarrado; [water, stream] → turbio
3. (= confused) [ideas, thinking] → confuso, poco claro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mud
(mad) nounˈmuddy adjective covered with or containing mud. muddy boots/water.fangoso, lleno de barro
verb to make muddy. You've muddied the floor!ensuciar de barro, llenar de barro
ˈmudflat noun (often in plural) an area of muddy seaside land which is covered with water at high tide. pantano
ˈmudguard noun a shield or guard over the wheel of a car, bicycle etc to keep mud, rainwater etc from splashing upwards. guardabarros
ˈmudskipper noun a small fish found in shallow coastal waters, able to jump about and climb low rocks to look for food. perioftalmo, saltarín del fango
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muddy
→ embarradoMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009