mud

Wet, sticky, soft earth, as on the banks of a river.

Wet plaster, mortar, or cement.

Slanderous or defamatory charges or comments.

To cover or spatter with or as if with mud.

Moist and soft earth or earthy matter, whether produced by rains on the earthy surface, by ejections from springs and volcanoes, or by sediment from turbid waters; mire.

To bury in mud or mire; cover or bedaub with mud.

To make turbid or foul with dirt; stir the sediment in (liquors).

To go in or under the mud, for refuge or warmth, as does the eel.

To fill with mud or soft clay, as the crevices between the logs in a log house.

To bury in mud.