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- pronunciation:
- muhk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- muck up
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
organic matter in decomposition; manure.
The farm hands spread the muck over the vegetable gardens.- synonyms:
- manure
- similar words:
- compost, dung, humus, ordure, soil
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| definition 2: |
wet soil or mud with a high organic content.
After the spring rains, the shoreline of the lake is full of muck.- 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 be distasteful or dirty.
He stepped in some muck and now his shoes smell awful.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: |
mucks, mucking, mucked |
| 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) (usu. fol. by "out").
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| phrase: |
muck up |
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