Thesaurus results for MUD

mud

noun

ˈməd

Definition of mud

as in sludge

soft wet earth we cannot play softball today because the field turned to mud after last night's heavy rain

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Recent Examples of mud In a separate photo, Duff posed in a light blue two-piece swimsuit while sitting on a stone ledge surrounded by greenery, her skin covered in what appeared to be a mud treatment. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Heavy rain left mud holes, which are hot spots for the biting midges that carry EHD. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026 On the final day of making the world within her new album, Remi Wolf created mud. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026 Plus, so many beautiful things grow from mud—flowers, trees, everything is born out of the dirt. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mud

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Noun

And at some point, you’re just locked in some attic getting a sludge transfusion from your apparently satanist mother in law?

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
Just a noxious river of sludge and foul wind enveloping everything in the vicinity.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of sludge

Noun

Wolf has never sounded more grounded than with 10 toes down in the muck.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
As feminists fought patriarchy’s attempt to render women vulnerable socially and leave us dependent on men for money and more, the all-too-human inevitability of vulnerability and dependence got lost in the muck.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of muck

Noun

View gallery - 6 images Although it's now long been standard for multi-speed mountain and gravel bikes to have a single chainring and no front derailleur, that arrangement can be hard on the chain.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Prior to her role as DHS secretary, Noem infamously wrote in her memoir about killing her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, by shooting the animal in a gravel pit.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of gravel

Noun

On muddy gravel between the smokestacks and the water, a forklift held what looked like an enormous sack of sand.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Without natural sand reaching the beaches, high tides and large surf have resulted in entire beaches being covered with water, cutting off access.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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