muddy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: muddy	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for muddy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muddy adj (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" Synonym(s): boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable" Synonym(s): mucky, 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" Synonym(s): dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" Synonym(s): cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid v dirty with mud Synonym(s): muddy, muddy up cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction" make turbid; "muddy the water"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water. 3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. This muddy vesture of decay. --Shak. 4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak. 5. Not clear or bright. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muddy \Mud"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddying}.] 1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid. 2. Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy. --Grew.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Muddy, IL (village, FIPS 51271) Location: 37.76497 N, 88.51676 W Population (1990): 87 (47 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Muddy, MT (CDP, FIPS 52315) Location: 45.59004 N, 106.79474 W Population (1990): 387 (124 housing units) Area: 73.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)