dung
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
Noun
dung (countable and uncountable, plural dungs)
- (uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare King Lear
- Šablon:RQ:KJV
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 496
- The labourer at the dung cart is paid at 3d. or 4d. a day; and on one estate, Lullington, scattering dung is paid a 5d. the hundred heaps.
- (countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
Derived terms
terms derived from dung (noun)
Translations
manure
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Verb
dung
- (transitive) To fertilize with dung.
- Šablon:RQ:Dryden The Cock and the Fox
- a cart he found, That carry'd compost forth to dung the ground
- 1993, Henry Leach, Endure No Makeshifts: Some Naval Recollections:
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- Šablon:RQ:Dryden The Cock and the Fox
- (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 Thesaurus:defecate
Translations
to fertilize with dung
Etymology 2
See ding
Verb
dung
Etymology 3
unknown
Verb
dung
- (colloquial) To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.
Etymology 4
Onomatopeia
Interjection
dung
- Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”)
Anagrams
- UNDG (alphagram dgnu)
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
dung
- Alternative form of donge (“dung”)
Etymology 2
Noun
dung
- Alternative form of donge (“Hell”)
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *dungz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover; covering”).
Alternative forms
Noun
dung f (nominative plural dyng)
Declension
Declension of dung (strong consonant stem)
Synonyms
Descendants
- Middle English: donge
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *dungō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
Alternative forms
Noun
dung f
- dung, manure
Declension
Declension of dung (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
- Middle English: donge
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dungiz, *dungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
Noun
dung m or f
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 容 (“to tolerate; facial traits”). Also from Kineski 婦容/妇容 (phụ dung, “wifely look”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- Homophones: Dung, giun, vun, vung
Verb
dung
- (archaic or literary) to tolerate
- trời không dung, đất không tha
- the sky doesn't tolerate it, the earth doesn't forgive it
Noun
dung
- (Confucianism) beauty, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have
See also
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