Mud Mʌd Boots Made Dried Bad Things Dragged

• the car wheels got stuck in the mud.
• your boots are covered in mud.
• heavy rain caused thick, deep mud on the site.
• mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud)

mud

1. wet earth that is soft and sticky
• The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
• Your boots are covered in mud.
• Heavy rain caused thick, deep mud on the site.
• mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud)
• nests made of mud or clay

Extra Examples

• Her boots were caked in mud.
• Several cars got bogged down in the mud.
• She fell in the mud.
• The cars had churned the lane into mud.
• The mud in the dried-up river bed had cracked.
• We squelched through the mud.
• Wet mud oozed up between their toes.
• footprints left in the hard dried mud
• pigs wallowing in the mud
• They live in mud huts with grass roofs.
2. not clear at all; not easy to understand
• Oh well, that's all as clear as mud, then.
3. to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair
• The paper has dragged his name through the mud.
• They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press.
• Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt.
4. to criticize somebody or accuse somebody of bad things in order to damage their reputation, especially in politics
• SEE ALSO mud-slinging
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mud-slinging
5. people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false
6. used to say that somebody is not liked or popular because of something they have done
• Your name’s mud around here at the moment!
• If you tell our secret your name will be mud round here.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: probably from Middle Low German mudde.