Kilo Lingo

mud

/mʌd/

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Translation

Wet, soft earth that sticks to your shoes and hands.

Word origin

From Middle Low German mudde, meaning wet, soft earth.

Origin
Middle Low German
Root
mudde

Examples

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"Mud" is the wet, soft earth on the ground.

.

Here "mud" is a mass of wet earth; it has no plural.

stuck .

Here "mud" is the soft, wet ground the car sank into.

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This word is part of lesson 17.