I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
confuse/cloud/muddy the issue (= make an issue more difficult to understand or deal with than it needs to be )
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You must not let your feelings cloud the issue.
muddy brown
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the muddy brown water of the river
muddy
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They trudged up the muddy path.
wet and muddy
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His boots were wet and muddy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bottom
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A muddy bottom is greatly appreciated by all Bacopa species.
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The muddy bottom was only about a foot below the surface of the ice.
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It thrives on a muddy bottom , and therefore a base consisting of sand or loam should be provided.
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Huge creatures of the imagination scuttled across the muddy bottom of the river.
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Dabbling ducks operate a similar system when sifting through the muddy bottoms of the waters on which they live.
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Cultivation: Being essentially a bog plant, it requires a muddy bottom , or one which is rich in organic matter.
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Cultivation: This plant requires a muddy bottom , therefore a mixture of clay and sand is ideal.
field
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This picture board just happens to be in a muddy field .
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Yartsov and 12 other families who were assigned rundown concrete one-room hovels clustered in a muddy field .
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For instance, there is no more depressing sight than horses and ponies standing miserably in a muddy field .
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This demands a studio on a Sunday rather than a rainy, muddy field on a Saturday.
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Like two regiments facing each other over a stretch of muddy field .
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Over a stretch of muddy field ... she had to bridge the gap - decide.
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He presumably spends his winters in a nice clean stable but most animals live in muddy fields .
path
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It was a freezing morning and the Section had run for five miles over muddy paths and swampy fields.
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We crossed over the bridge and followed the wet and muddy path along the bank.
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The man leans against the gate two hundred yards ahead of us along the muddy path .
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Keep an eye open on muddy paths or patches of snow for the tracks of hedgehogs.
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The Corporals ran around screaming and kicking us, as we climbed and scrambled up the muddy path to the house.
road
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Agents appear to be mostly discreetly patrolling the muddy roads around the compound, monitoring traffic and keeping a watch.
track
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He had left his car on a muddy track some distance from the cottage which was scarcely visible through the mist.
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Jack went down a rutted, muddy track to a low stone-built wall behind which was a ploughed field.
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For a while, until the thaw or rain, these muddy tracks will be fossilised and time will stand still.
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He turned and stared back down the muddy track .
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He picked his way along the muddy track to where he had left his car.
water
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Many happy hours were spent walking in the woods, chasing elusive rabbits and splashing through the muddiest water .
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She staggered into the tepid, muddy water of the Pease and drank.
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We lived in the bush, drank muddy water , were bitten by mosquitoes.
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The muddy water seemed to taste even worse and was causing intestinal cramps.
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Clear lakes have more species than do those with muddy water .
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They squatted in muddy water , slept above it, peed in it.
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Almost blind in the shallow muddy water , it is swimming by instinct, following the deepest sand channels.
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Then they made their way crouching along it, their feet splashing through muddy water .
waters
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With the ball often in need of a team of scuba-divers to dig it out of the muddy waters , the decision made sense.
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I gave her a good shove, and she sprawled into the muddy waters .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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muddy water
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Are your shoes muddy ?
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On the tax issue, the difference between the two parties is muddy .
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She left a trail of muddy footprints behind her.
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They moved slowly along the muddy footpath.
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Your shoes are really muddy - take them off before you come in.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Enclosed in plastic casing of muddy beige, it was slightly bigger than a shoebox on end, about fourteen inches high.
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He got down on his hands and knees and tried to rub out the muddy footprints.
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He turned and stared back down the muddy track.
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If the surface of a lake is lashed into waves, the water becomes muddy and the bottom invisible.
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On the way down, the path can be muddy and steep and in places needs extra care.
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She staggered into the tepid, muddy water of the Pease and drank.
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The drivers roared round tight corners and skilfully navigated a twisty, bendy and muddy course.
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Upending rocks in the muddy cove, I uncover fighting green crabs that rise up startled and scurry off into the muck.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
water
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The Richardson's ran forays into other parts of London, muddying other people's water , but it was not appreciated.
waters
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My first task will be to say why the focus upon mental representation has muddied the waters .
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Her own parents had muddied those waters irremediably.
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Barclaycard and Lloyds Bank muddied the waters even more by offering tiered rates.
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Now let's muddy the waters .
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The intricacies of this had almost defied analysis since the early years of the century when Balfour had deliberately muddied the waters .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The storm muddied the fields.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ducks and geese are stripping the shoreline of vegetation, triggering erosion that muddies the shallow lake.
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He ran out into the street, his soaked shoes splashing water over his trousers, muddying his coat.
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He slumped there on the wet street, coat muddied and stained.
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The plot gets muddied with the whose-been-sleeping-with-whom scenario and much shifty eye gazing.
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The Richardson's ran forays into other parts of London, muddying other people's water, but it was not appreciated.
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Weldon studied crabs in Plymouth harbour that were being forced to live in water that was muddied by human activity.