dung
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dung¹
- /ˈdʌŋ/
- /dʊŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
- /dʊŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).
noun dungs
- Manure; animal excrement. Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall-newt, and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool[…]
- A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
- A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.
verb dungs · dunging · dunged
- To fertilize with dung. a cart he found, That carry'd compost forth to dung the ground
- To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.
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To release dung: to defecate.
[…] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]
Similar: defecate
dung²
- /ˈdʌŋ/
- /dʊŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
- /dʊŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌŋ
Where it comes from
See ding
verb
- past participle of ding
dung³
- /ˈdʌŋ/
- /dʊŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
- /dʊŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌŋ
Where it comes from
unknown
verb dungs · dunging · dunged
- To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.
dung⁴
- /ˈdʌŋ/
- /dʊŋ/ Midlands, Northern England
- /dʊŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌŋ
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
interjection
- Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”).
Dung⁵
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Vietnamese Dung.
proper noun Dzung · Yung
- A female given name from Vietnamese.
Dung⁶
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Vietnamese Dũng.
proper noun Dzung · Yung
- A male given name from Vietnamese.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: muck, droppings, manure, crap, fertiliser, excrement, excreta, scat, poo, turd, doo, stool, scumbag, pitch, poop, yong
Translations
Every language
noun manure
| Español | excremento, estiércol |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 똥 ttong, 똥거름 ttonggeoreum, 비료 biryo |
| 日本語 | 肥 koe, 肥料 hiryō |
| 中文 | 肥 féi, 肥料 féiliào, 糞肥 /粪肥 fènféi, 糞 /粪 fèn, 屎 |
| हिन्दी | गोबर gobar, मल mal, लीद līd, विष्ठा viṣṭhā, गू gū, गूह gūh |
| Português | estrume, esterco |
| Français | bouse, fumier, purin |
| Deutsch | Dünger, Mist |
| Italiano | escremento, feci, sterco, letame, fimo, ordura |
| Ελληνικά | κόπρος kópros |
| Română | bălegar, balegă, gunoi |
| Русский | наво́з navóz, кал kal, помёт pomjót, экскреме́нты ekskreménty |
| Tiếng Việt | phân, phân chuồng |
| العربية | رَوْث rawṯ |
| עברית | זֶבֶל zével |
verb to fertilize with dung
| Deutsch | düngen |
|---|---|
| Italiano | concimare |
| Ελληνικά | κοπρίζω koprízo, λιπαίνω lipaíno |
| Русский | удобрять udobrjatʹ, унавоживать unavoživatʹ, унаво́зить unavózitʹ |
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