DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
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; to confuse.
◄ ►
muddied
adj : (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or
dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy
colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn:
dirty, dingy, muddy]
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, quaggy, sloughy, swampy]
2: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a
mucky stable" [syn: mucky]
3: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors";
"dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dirty, dingy,
muddied]
4: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy
liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, mirky,
murky, turbid]
v 1: dirty with mud [syn: muddy up]
2: cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the
prediction"
3: make turbid; "muddy the water"
[also: muddied, muddiest, muddier]