Tra từ mud - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mud [mud muds] BrE [mʌd] NAmE [mʌd] noun uncountable
wet earth that is soft and sticky
• The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
• Your boots are covered in mud.
•mud bricks/huts (= made of dried mud)
more at clear as mud at ↑clear _adj., sb's name is mud at ↑name _n.
Idioms: fling/sling mud ▪ ↑mud sticks

Word Origin:
late Middle English: probably from Middle Low German mudde.

Thesaurus:
mud noun U
•The car got stuck in the mud.
soil • • earth • • ground • • dust • • clay • • peat • |especially AmE dirt •
wet/soft mud/soil/earth/ground/clay/peat/dirt
dry mud/soil/earth/ground/dust/clay/peat/dirt
dig the mud/soil/earth/ground/clay/peat

Synonyms:
soil
mud • dust • clay • land • earth • dirt • ground
These are all words for the top layer of the earth in which plants grow.
soil • the top layer of the earth in which plants grow: ▪ Plant the seedlings in damp soil.
mud • wet soil that is soft and sticky: ▪ The car wheels got stuck in the mud.
dust • a fine powder that consists of very small pieces of rock, earth, etc: ▪ A cloud of dust rose as the truck set off.
clay • a type of heavy sticky soil that becomes hard when it is baked and is used to make things such as pots and bricks: ▪ The tiles are made of clay.
land • an area of ground, especially of a particular type: ▪ an area of rich, fertile land
earth • the substance that plants grow in. Earth is often used about the soil found in gardens or used for gardening: ▪ She put some earth into the pot.
dirt • (especially NAmE) soil, especially loose soil: ▪ Pack the dirt firmly around the plants.
ground • an area of soil: ▪ The car got stuck in the muddy ground. ◇ ▪ They drove across miles of rough, stony ground.
Ground is not used for loose soil: a handful of dry ground
good/rich soil/land/earth
fertile/infertile soil/land/ground
to dig the soil/mud/clay/land/earth/ground
to cultivate the soil/land/ground

Example Bank:
•Flash floods and mud slides struck three coastal towns.
•Her boots were caked in mud.
•Several cars got bogged down in the mud.
•She fell in the mud.
•The cars had churned the lane into mud.
•The kids were in the yard making mud pies.
•The mud in the dried-up river bed had cracked.
•We squelched through the mud.
•Wet mud oozed up between their toes.
•footprints left in the hard dried mud
•pigs wallowing in the mud
•They live in mud huts with grass roofs.