Collocations for "mud"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mud" in context.
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mud
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [runner, hiker, player] slipped in the mud
- the [wheels, tires] were slipping in the mud
- the [car, van] tire got [stuck, trapped] in the mud
- [threw, kicked] up mud (as the tires spun)
- mud from the [field, pit, track, road]
- mud from [playing, rolling, sliding] (in)
- [tracked in, got] mud all over the [floor, kitchen]
- he was covered in mud from [playing, the rain]
- got his [face, clothes] covered in mud
- the mud was caked on
- [dried, cracked] mud
- [scraped, kicked, got] the mud off her boots
- the walls are made of mud
- use mud to [insulate, protect] the [walls, hut]
- idiom: he's a (real) stick in the mud
- slinging mud at her [opponent, rival, fellow candidate]
- the [message, instruction, meaning] is as clear as mud!
- mud the [walls, roof, hut, dwelling]
- mud the [walls] to [prevent, protect, insulate]
- [tribes, nomads, bedouins] mud their [huts]
- lives in a mud hut
- a [hut, dwelling] with mud walls
'mud' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a shell
- bang
- barefoot
- bicycle
- burrow
- cake
- churn
- clog
- deep
- dirty
- ditch
- dot
- footprint
- hose
- hut
- kick
- knee
- mask
- middle
- paste
- paw
- pig
- plaster
- play
- puddle
- shovel
- shower
- sink
- slime
- slimy
- sloppy
- slug
- smudge
- splash
- sponge
- spotted
- streak
- stuck
- stud
- track
- tramp
- wash
- wheel
- wrestling