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| bedraggled |
dirty, wet, or limp from having wandered or been dragged through mud and water. [1/2 definitions] |
| brown |
When something is brown, it has the color of chocolate or mud. [2/3 definitions] |
| cake |
When something cakes, it dries and gets hard. Mud cakes when it becomes dry. [1/4 definitions] |
| combine |
When you combine things, you put them together or mix them together. If you combine dirt and water, you make mud. [1/3 definitions] |
| compose |
When one thing is composed of other things, it means that it is formed or made up of those things. Mud, for example, is composed of dirt and water. [1/2 definitions] |
| dirt |
any dirty material such as mud or dust. [1/2 definitions] |
| geyser |
a spring that shoots a stream of hot water, steam, or mud into the air from time to time. |
| hut |
a small house or shelter made of grass, mud, or logs. |
| leech |
a kind of worm that lives in water or mud and sucks blood from animals. Leeches were once used in medicine to draw blood from people. Leaches are still sometimes used to prevent blood from clotting when reattaching fingers and toes that have been cut off. |
| mud |
Mud is very wet dirt that is soft and sticky. |
| muddy |
to cover with mud; make muddy. [1/2 definitions] |
| nest |
a structure used by a bird to lay eggs and rear young. Nests are built in trees and other protected places using materials such as twigs and mud. [1/5 definitions] |
| sandstone |
Sandstone is a kind of rock that is made up of grains of sand tightly held together with something that was sticky at one time such as mud. Sandy places such as beaches and deserts can eventually become sandstone over time. |
| sink |
If your feet sink in the mud, they go down into the mud. When a boat sinks, it goes down into the water and the water covers it completely. Sometimes the boat goes all the way down to the bottom. [1/5 definitions] |
| slime |
a slippery liquid, such as thin mud or the slippery substance on fish. |
| soft |
When something is soft, it is easy to bend or move. It is not hard. Mud is something soft, but a brick is something hard. [1/7 definitions] |
| track |
When you track mud on the floor, you make a trail of mud on the floor with your feet. [1/7 definitions] |
| wallow |
to roll the body in mud, sand, dirt, or water. |
| webbed |
Certain animals, like ducks and frogs, have webbed feet. That means that they have toes which are connected by a thick sort of skin. Having webbed feet can help animals swim, walk in sand or mud, or even climb trees. |
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