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n. - Fecal matter of animals; Any thick messy substance v. - Remove a messy substance, as in a mine; Soil with mud or mire; Spread manure, as for fertilization.

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  • By the term muck, some farmers understand leaf-mold (decayed leaves), especially that which collects in low and wet places.
  • Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.
  • Its entire body was caked in muck; its hair plastered to the sides of its head.
  • I am trapped in muck, down in the hole, wondering how my shoes got full of water.
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