mud

When water and dirt mix together, they produce a substance known as mud. Some types of mud are very thick and sticky while other types of mud are thin and wash away easily.

• Pigs enjoy wallowing in the mud because it keeps them cool when it’s hot.
• The back of my car is all full of mud because I drove through an area that was wet and dirty.
• Children like to play in the mud.
• If you don’t take of your shoes, you’ll track mud through your house.
• In the 1970s and 1980s, mud wrestling was a fad. (fad = popular for a short time)
• His boots are all full of mud.
• His boots are muddy. (The word "muddy" is an adjective.)
• He has muddy boots.

muddy boots

• When it rains for a very long time, villages in rural areas are threatened by mudslides.

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March 13, 2015