From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muddy
adj 1: (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under
foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky
lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the
sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: boggy,
marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy,
sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged]
2: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a
mucky stable" [syn: mucky, muddy]
3: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors";
"dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dirty,
dingy, muddied, muddy]
4: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid";
"muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy,
mirky, murky, turbid]
v 1: dirty with mud [syn: muddy, muddy up]
2: cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the
prediction"
3: make turbid; "muddy the water"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muddy \Mud"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muddying.]
1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
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2. (Fig.): To cloud; to make dull or heavy; to confuse.
--Grew.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muddy \Mud"dy\, a. [Compar. Muddier; superl. Muddiest.]
1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a
muddy road or path; muddy boots.
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2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
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3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
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This muddy vesture of decay. --Shak.
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4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull;
stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.
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Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke.
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Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak.
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5. Not clear or bright. --Swift.
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