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Only when you're in that ditch, lying there in the muddy runoff you've made of your life, gazing up at the peak you fell from, do you truly know how small you are and understand how tall you used to be.
Artie Lange

Meaning of "muddy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUDDY

muddy  [ˈmʌdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUDDY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Muddy is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb muddy in English.

WHAT DOES MUDDY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of muddy in the English dictionary

The first definition of muddy in the dictionary is covered or filled with mud. Other definition of muddy is not clear or bright. Muddy is also cloudy.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MUDDY

PRESENT

Present
I muddy
you muddy
he/she/it muddies
we muddy
you muddy
they muddy
Present continuous
I am muddying
you are muddying
he/she/it is muddying
we are muddying
you are muddying
they are muddying
Present perfect
I have muddied
you have muddied
he/she/it has muddied
we have muddied
you have muddied
they have muddied
Present perfect continuous
I have been muddying
you have been muddying
he/she/it has been muddying
we have been muddying
you have been muddying
they have been muddying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I muddied
you muddied
he/she/it muddied
we muddied
you muddied
they muddied
Past continuous
I was muddying
you were muddying
he/she/it was muddying
we were muddying
you were muddying
they were muddying
Past perfect
I had muddied
you had muddied
he/she/it had muddied
we had muddied
you had muddied
they had muddied
Past perfect continuous
I had been muddying
you had been muddying
he/she/it had been muddying
we had been muddying
you had been muddying
they had been muddying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will muddy
you will muddy
he/she/it will muddy
we will muddy
you will muddy
they will muddy
Future continuous
I will be muddying
you will be muddying
he/she/it will be muddying
we will be muddying
you will be muddying
they will be muddying
Future perfect
I will have muddied
you will have muddied
he/she/it will have muddied
we will have muddied
you will have muddied
they will have muddied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been muddying
you will have been muddying
he/she/it will have been muddying
we will have been muddying
you will have been muddying
they will have been muddying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would muddy
you would muddy
he/she/it would muddy
we would muddy
you would muddy
they would muddy
Conditional continuous
I would be muddying
you would be muddying
he/she/it would be muddying
we would be muddying
you would be muddying
they would be muddying
Conditional perfect
I would have muddy
you would have muddy
he/she/it would have muddy
we would have muddy
you would have muddy
they would have muddy
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been muddying
you would have been muddying
he/she/it would have been muddying
we would have been muddying
you would have been muddying
they would have been muddying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you muddy
we let´s muddy
you muddy
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to muddy
Past participle
muddied
Present Participle
muddying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUDDY


bloody
ˈblʌdɪ
buddy
ˈbʌdɪ
cruddy
ˈkrʌdɪ
cuddie
ˈkʌdɪ
cuddy
ˈkʌdɪ
duddie
ˈdʌdɪ
fuddy
ˈfʌdɪ
fuddy-duddy
ˈfʌdɪˌdʌdɪ
nuddy
ˈnʌdɪ
outstudy
ˌaʊtˈstʌdɪ
overstudy
ˌəʊvəˈstʌdɪ
restudy
ˌriːˈstʌdɪ
ruddy
ˈrʌdɪ
self-study
ˌsɛlfˈstʌdɪ
spuddy
ˈspʌdɪ
study
ˈstʌdɪ
unbloody
ʌnˈblʌdɪ
understudy
ˈʌndəˌstʌdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUDDY

muddiest
muddily
muddiness
mudding
muddle
muddle along
muddle through
muddle-up
muddled
muddledness
muddlehead
muddleheaded
muddleheadedly
muddleheadedness
muddlement
muddler
muddling
muddlingly
muddly
mudeye

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUDDY

addy
big Daddy
buddy-buddy
caddy
chuddy
daddy
diddy
eddy
fuck buddy
giddy
in the nuddy
kiddy
noddy
paddy
puddy
reddy
shoddy
sugar daddy
teddy
toddy

Synonyms and antonyms of muddy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MUDDY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «muddy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of muddy

Translation of «muddy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUDDY

Find out the translation of muddy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of muddy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «muddy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

泥泞的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

embarrado
570 millions of speakers

English

muddy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मैला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُوَحِلٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грязный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enlameado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পঙ্কিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boueux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlumpur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

matschig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

泥だらけの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

질척질척한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muddy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vấy bùn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சேற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिखलाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çamurlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fangoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zabłocony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

брудний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noroios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λασπωμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

modderig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lerig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sølete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of muddy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUDDY»

The term «muddy» is very widely used and occupies the 18.794 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUDDY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about muddy

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10 QUOTES WITH «MUDDY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word muddy.
1
George Catlin
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
2
Tom Douglas
Most of the catfish you find at the fish counter has been farmed. Though I usually prefer to buy and eat wild fish, farmed catfish taste cleaner, without the muddy taste of their wild relatives.
3
Therese Fowler
The distinctions of what makes a book one genre or another can sometimes be a bit muddy, but generally it's a matter of projecting who the audience will be, which is a judgment that's based on the subject matter. 'Mainstream' is the cleanest label for a book that draws readers of both sexes and from a wide age-range.
4
Alexander Herzen
Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.
5
Derek Jacobi
One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the rain till all hours, and it was muddy and it was cold and it was damp, and it was hours under the hoses. That was not pleasant. That was not pleasant.
6
Ban Ki-moon
One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.
7
Artie Lange
Only when you're in that ditch, lying there in the muddy runoff you've made of your life, gazing up at the peak you fell from, do you truly know how small you are and understand how tall you used to be.
8
Lesley Manville
Oh, there's so much ego with men; in their head, they can't possibly think about Tesco's when they are doing Othello. Er, why not? They want to think that they are such geniuses they can't muddy their day with domesticity, and I've got no truck with it whatsoever.
9
Bharati Mukherjee
My mother's rules had to do with feminine deportment, so I never played hard enough to break a toy or muddy my dress. My father's rules had to do with never shaming the family by even a hint of scandal, and not providing business rivals with an opportunity to kidnap me or throw acid in my face.
10
Thomas Love Peacock
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUDDY»

Discover the use of muddy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to muddy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Muddy Coasts of the World: Processes, Deposits and Function: ...
This book addresses these questions and includes chapters on the research issues of muddy coasts, the definition of muddy coasts, sea level rise effects on muddy coasts, fundamental dynamic processes effecting muddy coast formation, the ...
T. Healy, Y. Wang, J.-A. Healy, 2002
2
Muddy Boots Leadership: Real Life Stories and Personal ...
Author John Chapman is a superb observer and chronicler of leadership events over many years and now shares his observations and the lessons learned about this essential military art.
John Chapman, 2005
3
The Big Muddy: An Environmental History of the Mississippi ...
In The Big Muddy, the first long-term environmental history of the Mississippi, Christopher Morris offers a brilliant tour across five centuries as he illuminates the interaction between people and the landscape, from early hunter-gatherer ...
Christopher Morris, 2012
4
Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource Management
In providing 21 case studies in different parts of the world this book provides an up-to-date review of the state of the art in muddy coast research.
B.W. Flemming, M.T. Delafontaine, G. Liebezeit, 2000
5
The Big Muddy: An Environmental History of the Mississippi ...
They forget that that the lower Mississippi Valley has a history of flooding predating engineers and levees. This book tells that history, of the mixing of water and land and people in North America's largest wet land.
Christopher Morris, 2012
6
At Home in the Muddy Water: A Guide to Finding Peace Within ...
From the Hardcover edition. "May we exist like a lotus, at home in the muddy water. Thus we bow to life as it is.
Ezra Bayda, 2004
7
It's a Muddy World
It's a Muddy World follows a very animated pile of mud named Clarence Creature Von Mudbutt on his quest to create his own inner beauty.
Susan Anderson-Shorter, 2010
8
Wet Britches and Muddy Boots: A History of Travel in ...
Were the rides comfortable? How long did journeys take? Wet Britches and Muddy Boots describes all forms of public transport from canal boats to oceangoing vessels, passenger trains to the overland stage.
John H. White, Jr., 2011
9
The Bear in a Muddy Tutu
A modern fable about lovable misfits, both animal and human, whose fates become intertwined in a ragtag circus troupe.
Cole Alpaugh, 2011
10
Muddy Waters
Nevertheless, it is still a form of pagan worship, and therefore, an act that is forbidden by God The results of this act are the same today as they were then] The sensitive material contained in this little book has been the cause of much ...
Bonnie Jb Schultea, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUDDY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term muddy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Asian Highway One mired in muddy reality
An air-conditioner? A child's Spider-Man costume? Chinese-made plastic flowers? A bag of dried fish or a bottle of French champagne? On a ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
'Muddy Waters 100' review: A good but experimental tribute to the …
MUDDY WATERS electrified the blues — literally and figuratively. His iconic 1950s recordings set the template for Chicago's amplified blues, ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Muddy Physics: Why Puddles Stop Spreading
By Charles Choi, Inside Science -- If you poured a glass of water on a table, you would expect to get a puddle that spreads for a while and then ... «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
4
Five-day-old seal pup rescued from muddy puddle – with help from …
Seal pup. It waddled out of the water and landed exhausted in a muddy puddle where it became the centre of attention for the 30-strong herd. «BT.com, Jul 15»
5
Woman rambler plunges 50ft to her death from clifftop after slipping …
A WOMAN rambler died after she slipped on a muddy coastal path and plunged 50ft down a cliff, an inquest has heard. By Rebecca Perring ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Muddy affair
WATER SPORT! Reflections of players appear in the puddles on the Azad Maidan surface during an inter-school Mumbai School Sports ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
7
Barrow women get muddy for cancer fundraiser
THE "Barrow Boobylicious" team took part in the Pretty Muddy Race ... but this year decided to get dirty and take the "Pretty Muddy" challenge in ... «NW Evening Mail, Jul 15»
8
Tiny New York Kitchen: Muddy Boots Coffee Ice Cream
I have to say that my Muddy Boots Coffee Ice Cream surpasses any that I've taken home from the grocery freezer. So…get your caffeine fix, ... «Greenwich Free Press, Jul 15»
9
After muddy start, $36M school getting first walls
LEWISBURG — While construction on the new Lewisburg Area High School is running five weeks behind, according to Superintendent Mark ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
10
Ice cream review: Gifford's Muddy Boots
There are a few different flavors I definitely want to try, but my latest selection was Muddy Boots, consisting of vanilla ice cream, a caramel swirl ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»

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