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dung

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dung  (dng)
n.
1.
a. The excrement of animals.
b. Manure.
2. Something foul or abhorrent.
tr.v. dunged, dung·ing, dungs
To fertilize (land) with manure.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

dungy adj.

dung
Noun
the faeces from large animals [Old English: prison]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dungdung - fecal matter of animals
buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung, chip - a piece of dried bovine dung
coprolite - fossil excrement; petrified dung
faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
pigeon droppings - droppings of pigeons
cow pie, cowpie - fecal matter of a cow
Verb1.dung - fertilize or dress with dung; "you must dung the land"
fertilize, fertilise, feed - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
2.dung - defecate; used of animals
ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
Translations
Spanish dung [dʌŋ] nestiércol m
French dung [dʌŋ] nfumier m
German dung [dʌŋ] n (Agr) → Dünger m, Mist m;
(Zool) → Dung m

Italian dung [dʌŋ] nconcime m

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The huge courtyard of the Rostovs' house was littered with wisps of hay and with dung from the horses, and not a soul was to be seen there.
THE plains over which the travellers were journeying continued to be destitute of trees or even shrubs; insomuch that they had to use the dung of the buffalo for fuel, as the Arabs of the desert use that of the camel.
There was the warm, steamy smell of dung when the frozen door was opened, and the cows, astonished at the unfamiliar light of the lantern, stirred on the fresh straw.
 
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