Meaning of muddy in English

Verb
muddy
Definitions
1. dirty with mud
2. cause to become muddy
Examples
- « These data would have muddied the prediction »
3. make turbid
Examples
- « muddy the water »
Classifying Adjective
muddy
Definitions
1. (of soil) soft and watery
Examples
- « 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 »
Synonyms
- wet
2. dirty and messy
Examples
- « covered with mud or muck »
- « muddy boots »
- « a mucky stable »
Synonyms
3. (of color) discolored by impurities
Examples
- « not bright and clear »
- « dirty is often used in combination »
- « a dirty (or dingy) white »
- « the muddied gray of the sea »
- « muddy colors »
- « dirty-green walls »
- « dirty-blonde hair »
Synonyms
- impure
4. (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment
Examples
- « a cloudy liquid »
- « muddy coffee »
- « murky waters »
Synonyms
- opaque

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