MURK

fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness

(noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

murk

(verb) make dark, dim, or gloomy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

murk (comparative murker, superlative murkest)

Dark, murky

• J. R. Drake

Etymology 2

Noun

murk (uncountable)

Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.

Synonym: gloom

Etymology 3

Verb

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.

Etymology 4

Verb

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

(African-American Vernacular, Multicultural London English) To murder or seriously injure.

Anagrams

• Krum

Source: Wiktionary


Murk, a. Etym: [See Murky.]

Definition: Dark; murky. He can not see through the mantle murk. J. R. Drake.

Murk, n.

Definition: Darkness; mirk. [Archaic] Shak.

Murk, n.

Definition: The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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