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Covered or splashed with, or full of, (t=wet soil).

Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.

Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.

(euphemistic) Soiled with feces.

(archaic) Of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud.

(figuratively)

Dirty, filthy.

Not clear.

# Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.

# Of an image: blurry or dim.

# Of light: cloudy, opaque.

# Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.

# Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.

# (poetic) Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.

Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.

(archaic) Of a person or their facial expression: angry, sad, or sulky.

(obsolete) Slightly drunk; tipsy.

(transitive)

To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.

To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.

(figuratively)

# To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.

# To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.

# To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.

# To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).

# To make (something) impure; to contaminate.

# (obsolete) To cause or permit (someone or something) to become stuck in mud; to mire.

(intransitive)

(figuratively) ''Sometimes followed by'' up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.

Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.

(figuratively) To become contaminated or impure.

(informal) The edible mud crab or {{vern|mangrove crab}} ((species)).