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Definition of muddy verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

muddy

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈmʌdi//
 
muddy somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they muddy
 
 he / she / it muddies
 
 past simple muddied
 
 -ing form muddying
 
 
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  • to make something muddy She had muddied her white dress.
    • Idioms
    muddy the waters, issue, etc. (disapproving)
     
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    to make a simple situation confused and more complicated than it really is She deliberately muddied the waters by constantly referring to other irrelevant cases.
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