DUNG

droppings, dung, muck

(noun) fecal matter of animals

dung

(verb) defecate; used of animals

dung

(verb) fertilize or dress with dung; “you must dung the land”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

dung (countable and uncountable, plural dungs)

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

(countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.

Verb

dung (third-person singular simple present dungs, present participle dunging, simple past and past participle dunged)

(transitive) To fertilize with dung.

(transitive, calico printing) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.

(intransitive) To release dung: to defecate.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See defecate

Etymology 2

See ding

Verb

dung

(obsolete) past participle of ding

Etymology 3

Verb

dung (third-person singular simple present dungs, present participle dunging, simple past and past participle dunged)

(colloquial) To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.

Anagrams

• UNDG

Source: Wiktionary


Dung, n. Etym: [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, dĂĽnger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. Dingy.]

Definition: The excrement of an animal. Bacon.

Dung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dunging.]

1. To manure with dung. Dryden.

2. (Calico Print.)

Definition: To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.

Dung, v. i.

Definition: To void excrement. Swift.

DING

Ding, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged, Dang (Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinging.] Etym: [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. dänga, G. dengeln.]

1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.] To ding the book a coit's distance from him. Milton.

2. To cause to sound or ring. To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.

Ding, v. i.

1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. Piers Plowman.

2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang. The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. W. Irving.

3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]

Ding, n.

Definition: A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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