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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Soil , Outdoor , Colours muddymud‧dy1 /ˈmʌdi/ ●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる adjective 1 TASDLOcovered with mud or containing mud Take your boots off outside if they’re muddy. the muddy waters of the lake► see thesaurus at dirty 2 confused and not clear On the issue of education, the difference between the two parties is muddy.3 CCCOLOUR/COLORcolours that are muddy are dull The carpet was an unpleasant muddy brown.4 sounds that are muddy are not clear Examples from the Corpusmuddy• Are your shoes muddy?• On the tax issue, the difference between the two parties is muddy.• On the way down, the path can be muddy and steep and in places needs extra care.• If the surface of a lake is lashed into waves, the water becomes muddy and the bottom invisible.• Enclosed in plastic casing of muddy beige, it was slightly bigger than a shoebox on end, about fourteen inches high.• The drivers roared round tight corners and skilfully navigated a twisty, bendy and muddy course.• Upending rocks in the muddy cove, I uncover fighting green crabs that rise up startled and scurry off into the muck.• They moved slowly along the muddy footpath.• She left a trail of muddy footprints behind her.• He got down on his hands and knees and tried to rub out the muddy footprints.• Your shoes are really muddy - take them off before you come in.• He turned and stared back down the muddy track.• She staggered into the tepid, muddy water of the Pease and drank.• muddy water muddymuddy2 verb (muddied, muddying, muddies) [transitive] 1 DIRTYto make something dirty with mud Lizzy walked around the edge of the field, taking care not to muddy her new shoes.2 → muddy the waters/the issue → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusmuddy• He slumped there on the wet street, coat muddied and stained.• Weldon studied crabs in Plymouth harbour that were being forced to live in water that was muddied by human activity.• He ran out into the street, his soaked shoes splashing water over his trousers, muddying his coat.• The Richardson's ran forays into other parts of London, muddying other people's water, but it was not appreciated.• The storm muddied the fields.• Ducks and geese are stripping the shoreline of vegetation, triggering erosion that muddies the shallow lake.• The plot gets muddied with the whose-been-sleeping-with-whom scenario and much shifty eye gazing.
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Verb table
muddy
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they muddy
he, she, it muddies
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they muddied
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have muddied
he, she, it has muddied
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had muddied
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will muddy
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have muddied
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Continuous Form
Present
I am muddying
he, she, it is muddying
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you, we, they are muddying
Past
I, he, she, it was muddying
you, we, they were muddying
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been muddying
he, she, it has been muddying
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been muddying
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be muddying
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been muddying
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