muddy

muddy
—muddily, adv. —muddiness, n.
/mud"ee/, adj., muddier, muddiest, v., muddied, muddying.
adj.
1. abounding in or covered with mud.
2. not clear or pure: muddy colors.
3. cloudy with sediment: muddy coffee.
4. dull, as the complexion.
5. not clear mentally.
6. obscure or vague, as thought, expression, or literary style.
7. Horse Racing. denoting the condition of a track after a heavy, continuous rainfall has ceased and been completely absorbed into the surface, leaving it the consistency of thick mud.
v.t.
8. to make muddy; soil with mud.
9. to make turbid.
10. to cause to be confused or obscure.
v.i.
11. to become muddy.
[1375-1425; late ME muddi. See MUD, -Y1]

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