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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. dirty with mud;
[syn: muddy, muddy up]

2. cause to become muddy;
- Example: "These data would have muddied the prediction"

3. make turbid;
- Example: "muddy the water"


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. (of soil) soft and watery;
- Example: "the ground was boggy under foot"
- Example: "a marshy coastline"
- Example: "miry roads"
- Example: "wet mucky lowland"
- Example: "muddy barnyard"
- Example: "quaggy terrain"
- Example: "the sloughy edge of the pond"
- Example: "swampy bayous"
[syn: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged]

2. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck;
- Example: "muddy boots"
- Example: "a mucky stable"
[syn: mucky, muddy]

3. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
- Example: "dirty" is often used in combination;
- Example: "a dirty (or dingy) white"
- Example: "the muddied grey of the sea"
- Example: "muddy colors"
- Example: "dirty-green walls"
- Example: "dirty-blonde hair"
[syn: dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy]

4. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment;
- Example: "a cloudy liquid"
- Example: "muddy coffee"
- Example: "murky waters"
[syn: cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Muddy \Mud"dy\, a. [Compar. Muddier; superl. Muddiest.]
   1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a
      muddy road or path; muddy boots.
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   2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
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   3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
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            This muddy vesture of decay.          --Shak.
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   4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull;
      stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.
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            Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke.
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            Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak.
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   5. Not clear or bright. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Muddy \Mud"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddied; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Muddying.]
   1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
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   2. (Fig.): To cloud; to make dull or heavy; to confuse.
      --Grew.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

muddy
    adj 1: (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" [syn: boggy,
           marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy,
           sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged]
    2: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a
       mucky stable" [syn: mucky, muddy]
    3: (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" [syn: dirty,
       dingy, muddied, muddy]
    4: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid";
       "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy,
       mirky, murky, turbid]
    v 1: dirty with mud [syn: muddy, muddy up]
    2: cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the
       prediction"
    3: make turbid; "muddy the water"