loam vs mud

loam

noun
  • A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. 

  • A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern. 

verb
  • To cover, smear, or fill with loam. 

adj
  • Made of loam; consisting of loam. 

mud

noun
  • A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment. 

  • Drilling fluid. 

  • Money, dough, especially when proceeding from dirty business. 

  • Coffee. 

  • A traditional Dutch unit of dry measure of variable size, frequently about 3 bushels. 

  • A traditional Dutch unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land required to sow a mud of seed. 

  • A plaster-like mixture used to texture or smooth drywall. 

  • Stool that is exposed as a result of anal sex. 

  • A kind of box traditionally used in the Netherlands for measuring muds. 

  • A black person. 

  • A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale 

  • Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents. 

  • Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured. 

verb
  • To make muddy or dirty; to apply mud to (something). 

  • To participate in a MUD or multi-user dungeon. 

  • To go under the mud, as an eel does. 

  • To make turbid. 

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