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muddy

verb [T]
 
 
/ˈmʌd.i/

Definition

to put mud (= wet, sticky earth) into something or cover something with mud: Industrial activity has muddied the river.Making things dirty and untidy
(Definition of muddy verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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