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MUCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fecal matter of animals

Synonyms:

droppings; dung; muck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("muck" is a kind of...):

BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muck"):

buffalo chip; chip; cow chip; cow dung (a piece of dried bovine dung)

coprolite (fossil excrement; petrified dung)

pigeon droppings (droppings of pigeons)

cow pie; cowpie (fecal matter of a cow)

Derivation:

muck (spread manure, as for fertilization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any thick, viscous matter

Synonyms:

goo; gook; goop; guck; gunk; muck; ooze; slime; sludge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("muck" is a kind of...):

matter (that which has mass and occupies space)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muck"):

sapropel (sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans)

Derivation:

muck (remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine)

muck (soil with mud, muck, or mire)

mucky (dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "muck" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

muck (any thick, viscous matter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Soil with mud, muck, or mire

Example:

The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden

Synonyms:

mire; muck; muck up; mud

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "muck" is one way to...):

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

muck (any thick, viscous matter)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Spread manure, as for fertilization

Synonyms:

manure; muck

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "muck" is one way to...):

scatter; spread; spread out (strew or distribute over an area)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

muck (fecal matter of animals)

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