mud

== Translingual == === Symbol === mud (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mednyj Aleut. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Mednyj Aleut terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: mŭd, IPA(key): /mʌd/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /mʊd/ Rhymes: -ʌd Homophone: MUD === Etymology 1 === From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), Danish mudder (“mud”). Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g. Finnish muta (“mud”), Northern Sami mođđi (“mud”), Erzya мода (moda, “earth, ground”) from Proto-Uralic *muďa (“earth”)). ==== Noun ==== mud (countable and uncountable, plural muds) A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment. A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall. (slang, construction) Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured. (figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents. (slang) Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business. (LGBTQ) Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex. (geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person. Drilling fluid. (slang, originally US) Coffee. (slang) Opium. (slang) Heroin. (US slang) Lean. real property in English Land Law ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== muddle ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== mud (third-person singular simple present muds, present participle mudding, simple past and past participle mudded) (transitive) To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something). (transitive) To make turbid. (intransitive) To go under the mud, as an eel does. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Dutch mud, from West Germanic, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and muid. ==== Noun ==== mud (plural muds or mudden) (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels. (historical) A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed. (historical) A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds. ===== Synonyms ===== Dutch bushel, bushel, muid (Dutch contexts) === Etymology 3 === From MUD. ==== Verb ==== mud (third-person singular simple present muds, present participle mudding, simple past and past participle mudded) (intransitive, Internet) To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon. === References === === Further reading === “mud n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === DMU, UMD, dum == Breton == === Adjective === mud mute == Dutch == === Alternative forms === mudde === Etymology === From Middle Dutch mudde, from Latin modius (“bushel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mʏt/ Hyphenation: mud Rhymes: -ʏt === Noun === mud n (plural mudden, diminutive mudje n or muddeken n) an old measure of volume, varying in content over time and regions; nowadays usually 1 hectoliter a wooden container having such content; again used as measure for bulk wares sold in it, such as cereals a land measure, presumably supposedly the area sown with that much seed a small measure for liquids, about 1 deciliter ==== Derived terms ==== mudderecht n mudszak m korenmud n ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: mud == Indonesian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Arabic مُدّ (mudd, “a certain dry measure”) === Noun === mud (plural mud-mud) (Islam) a dry measure (for dates, water, grains, and other things) varying in size, roughly around 510 grams Satu sha' setara dengan empat mud ― One ṣāʿ is equivalent to 4 mudd === Further reading === “mud”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Sumerian == === Romanization === mud romanization of 𒄷𒄭 (mud) == Volapük == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [mud] === Noun === mud mouth ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== mudot (“mouthpiece”) === Further reading === “mud”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük) == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh mut, from Proto-Brythonic *mʉd, from Latin mūtus. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɨːd/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /miːd/ Rhymes: -ɨːd === Adjective === mud (feminine singular mud, plural mudion, not comparable) mute, dumb, silent (unable or unwilling to speak) ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies