dung

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʌŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /dʊŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /dʊŋɡ/ Rhymes: -ʌŋ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”). ==== Noun ==== dung (countable and uncountable, plural dungs) (uncountable) Manure; animal excrement. (countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal. (countable, UK, slang, obsolete) A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day. Coordinate term: flint ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== dung (third-person singular simple present dungs, present participle dunging, simple past and past participle dunged) (transitive) To fertilize with dung. (transitive, calico printing) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant. (intransitive) To release dung: to defecate. ===== Synonyms ===== (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See ding ==== Verb ==== dung (obsolete) past participle of ding === Etymology 3 === unknown ==== Verb ==== dung (third-person singular simple present dungs, present participle dunging, simple past and past participle dunged) (colloquial) To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out. === Etymology 4 === Onomatopoeic. ==== Interjection ==== dung Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”). === See also === dung tag === Anagrams === UNDG == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English down. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʌŋ/ === Adverb === dung down == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== dung alternative form of donge (“dung”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== dung alternative form of donge (“Hell”) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dunɡ/, [duŋɡ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”). ==== Alternative forms ==== dinġ — dative and genitive singular; nominative and accusative plural ==== Noun ==== dung f (nominative plural dynġ) (hapax legomenon) dungeon, prison ===== Declension ===== Strong consonant stem: ===== Synonyms ===== dimhūs ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: donge, dung, dunge → Anglo-Norman: donjun (semantic loan) === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ding ==== Noun ==== dung f dung, manure ===== Declension ===== Strong ō-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: donge, dong, donke, doung, dounge, dung, dungeEnglish: dungScots: dung == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”). === Noun === dung m or f weaving, weavingroom ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: dunk, dunc == Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === (Northern Vietnam) dong === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 容 (“to tolerate; facial traits”). Also from Chinese 婦容 / 妇容 (phụ dung, “wifely look”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧] Homophones: Dung, giun, vun, vung === Verb === dung (archaic or literary) to tolerate === Noun === dung (Confucianism) beauty, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have === Derived terms ===