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muck
- pronunciation:
- muhk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- muck up
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
organic matter in decomposition; manure.
- synonyms:
- manure
- similar words:
- compost, dung, humus, ordure, soil
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| definition 2: |
wet soil or mud with a high organic content.
- similar words:
- gumbo, loam, mire, mud, sludge, soil
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| definition 3: |
dirt or filth, esp. if it is moist and sticky, or something that is considered to soil or be dirty.
Newspapers print a lot of muck about celebrities.- synonyms:
- dirt
- similar words:
- filth, goo, sewage, slime, swill
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| definition 4: |
useless material excavated in a mining operation.
- similar words:
- tailings
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| related words: |
ooze, trash |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mucked, mucking, mucks |
| definition 1: |
to spread muck as fertilizer on.
- synonyms:
- compost, dung, manure, mulch
- similar words:
- cover, fertilize, spread, treat
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| definition 2: |
to soil with, or as if with, muck.
- synonyms:
- dirty, foul, muddy, slime, smear, soil
- similar words:
- slop, smudge
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| definition 3: |
to remove muck from (a mine shaft or other place) (often fol. by out).
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| phrase: |
muck up |
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