Definition of Muddies

1. Verb. (third-person singular of muddy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Muddies

1. muddy [v] - See also: muddy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muddies

mudbrick
mudbug
mudbugs
mudcap
mudcapped
mudcapping
mudcaps
mudcat
mudcats
mudded
mudder
mudders
muddied
muddier
muddies (current term)
muddiest
muddily
muddiness
muddinesses
mudding
muddle
muddle-headed
muddle through
muddle up
muddled
muddled through
muddlehead
muddleheaded
muddleheadedly

Literary usage of Muddies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. That Affair at Portstead Manor by Gladys Edson Locke (1919)
"CLAVERING muddies HIS BOOTS it It being late afternoon, Mr. Clavering went up to his room, and upon going to the window, his gaze was irresistibly drawn to ..."

2. Guenevere: A Play in Five Acts by Stark Young (1906)
"Ygraine Ah, Jesu, keep me, my lady, some reptile stirs The slime beneath and muddies the whole pool. 'Tis an ill omen, I will not read my lot To-day. ..."

3. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... as if the President was to be left only with the power to repel sudden attacks.11 The next sentence muddies this interpretation substantially, however. ..."

4. Sermons by Phillips Brooks (1896)
"It is a shallow pool which muddies its surface to make itself look deep. But a greater man will be perfectly frank and unmysterious about these little ..."

5. That Affair at Portstead Manor by Gladys Edson Locke (1919)
"CLAVERING muddies HIS BOOTS it It being late afternoon, Mr. Clavering went up to his room, and upon going to the window, his gaze was irresistibly drawn to ..."

6. Guenevere: A Play in Five Acts by Stark Young (1906)
"Ygraine Ah, Jesu, keep me, my lady, some reptile stirs The slime beneath and muddies the whole pool. 'Tis an ill omen, I will not read my lot To-day. ..."

7. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... as if the President was to be left only with the power to repel sudden attacks.11 The next sentence muddies this interpretation substantially, however. ..."

8. Sermons by Phillips Brooks (1896)
"It is a shallow pool which muddies its surface to make itself look deep. But a greater man will be perfectly frank and unmysterious about these little ..."

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