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# muddied

«muddied» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made dirty or covered with mud** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (past tense and past participle of muddy: muddy, muddies, muddied, muddying); adjective (muddied)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Made dirty or covered with mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#m1)

2) (figurative) Made something less clear or more confusing, as in "muddied the waters". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday: muddied boots, knees and football kits. In stories and news, "muddy the waters" means to make a situation more confusing, often on purpose. Phrases: "muddy the waters", "muddied boots".

### examples

- The players came off the pitch with muddied knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#x1)
- My new trainers got muddied on the walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#x2)
- The stream was muddied after the heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#x3)
- Leave your muddied wellies by the back door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#x4)
- His long explanation only muddied the waters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#x5)
- The cows had muddied the gate with their hooves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#x6)
- The extra rules muddied things instead of making them clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/#x7)

### note

Spelling: change "y" to "i" before -ed (muddy → muddied, muddies), but keep the "y" before -ing (muddying). "Muddy" is also an adjective: "muddy boots".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «muddied» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/muddied/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.