muddy
    adj 1: (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under
           foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky
           lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the
           sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: boggy,
           marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy,
           sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged]
    2: dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a
       mucky stable" [syn: mucky, muddy]
    3: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
       "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
       white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors";
       "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dirty,
       dingy, muddied, muddy]
    4: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid";
       "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: cloudy, muddy,
       mirky, murky, turbid]
    v 1: dirty with mud [syn: muddy, muddy up]
    2: cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the
       prediction"
    3: make turbid; "muddy the water"

Muddy \Mud"dy\, a. [Compar. Muddier; superl. Muddiest.]
   1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a
      muddy road or path; muddy boots.
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   2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.
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   3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure.
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            This muddy vesture of decay.          --Shak.
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   4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull;
      stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague.
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            Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke.
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            Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak.
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   5. Not clear or bright. --Swift.
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Muddy \Mud"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muddied; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Muddying.]
   1. To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
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   2. (Fig.): To cloud; to make dull or heavy; to confuse.
      --Grew.
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Muddy, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana
   Population (2000):    627
   Housing Units (2000): 160
   Land area (2000):     28.561963 sq. miles (73.975142 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    28.561963 sq. miles (73.975142 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            52315
   Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
   Location:             45.599225 N, 106.739578 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Muddy, MT
    Muddy

Muddy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    78
   Housing Units (2000): 39
   Land area (2000):     0.262714 sq. miles (0.680427 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.262714 sq. miles (0.680427 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            51271
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             37.764086 N, 88.514469 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Muddy, IL
    Muddy