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mud

noun

  1. mixture of water and any combination of soil, silt, and clay
  2. sediment
  3. unit of volume
L14980 on Wikidata ↗

verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L332277 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mʌd/ / /mʊd/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish MUDbor. English MUD Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”).

  1. Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.

    “The local branch of the ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) announced its intention to disrupt the MUD rally at a press conference the day before; municipal vehicles were laid on to take the chavistas out there.”

noun

Etymology: From Dutch mud, from West Germanic, from Latin modius. Doublet of modius and muid.

  1. A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels.
  2. A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed.
  3. A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds.

verb

Etymology: From MUD.

  1. To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon.

    “Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]”