dung

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noun

1
: the feces of an animal : manure
2
: something repulsive
dungy adjective

dung

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verb

dunged; dunging; dungs

transitive verb

: to fertilize or dress with manure

Examples of dung in a Sentence

Noun researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of coprolites, or bits of fossilized dung. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 And the quality and quantity of vegetation and soil conditions did not significantly vary between areas with and without cattle dung. Bygeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
Verb
Hyenas will eat practically anything---from putrid corpses to dung---so donkeys are pretty much a treat. Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2012 Moreover, in 2020, communication from the federal government about the pandemic really dung the public wrong. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 July 2021 See all Example Sentences for dung 

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse dyngja manure pile

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of dung was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dung. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

dung

noun
ˈdəŋ
: waste matter of an animal : manure

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