Muddening
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of making or becoming muddied uncountable
"To this can be added, that it would be advisable to investigate the effects on both larva and adults of the sharply changed ecological factors, for instance of the artificial muddening of water in the streams, […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of mudden form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"To this can be added, that it would be advisable to investigate the effects on both larva and adults of the sharply changed ecological factors, for instance of the artificial muddening of water in the streams, […]"
Etymology
From mudden + -ing.
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