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"Do you like it?" "No, not much."

mud © / m\d / noun [ noncount ]

soft wet earth

Phil came home from the football game covered in mud.

mud • dle / ' m.di / verb

( mud . dles , mud dling , mud dled ) muddle through

( informal )

to manage to do something, even though you do not have the right equipment, skills, etc.

I don't speak Spanish very well, but somehow I muddled through while I was in Mexico.

mud • dle noun [ count, noncount ]

a confused state

I was in such a muddle that I couldn't find anything.

mud • dy / ' m\di / adjective ( mud . di er , mud . di . est )

covered with mud

When it rains, the roads get very muddy.

muf • fin / ' mлfsn/ noun [ count ]

a small sweet cake, sometimes with fruit in it We had blueberry muffins for breakfast.

mug1 / m\g / noun [ count ]

a big cup with straight sides and a handle a mug of tea

— Look at the picture at cup .

mug 2 / m.\g / verb ( mugs, mug . ging, mugged )

to attack someone in the street and take their money

mug • ger / ' m\gsr / noun [ count ] Watch out for muggers, especially at night.

mug • gy / ' m\gi / adjective ( mug . gi er , mug . gi . est )

(used about the weather) warm and a little wet, so that you

feel uncomfortable

It was a muggy day in August.

mule / myul / noun [ count ]

an animal that is used for carrying heavy loads and whose parents are a horse and a donkey (= an animal like a small horse with long ears )

mul • ti •cul •tur • al / ,m\iti ' ыуъы /

adjective

for or including people from many different countries and cultures

We live in a multicultural society .

mul • ti • me • di • a / ,m\lti ' midis / adjective

using sound, pictures, and film as well as words on a screen The company produces multimedia software for schools.

mul • ti • ple / ' m\itspi / noun [ count ]

( math ) a number that contains another number an exact

number of times

12,18, and 24 are multiples of 6.

mul • ti • ple-choice / ,m\ltspl ' tfois /

adjective

A multiple-choice exam or question gives you three or four different answers and you have to choose the right one.

mul .ti .ply © / 'mAltsplai / verb (mul ti plies, mul ti . ply . ing, mul ti . plied, has mul . ti . plied )

( math ) to make a number bigger by a certain number of times

Two multiplied by three is six (= 2 x 3 = 6 ) . Multiply three and seven together .

— Look at divide ( 3 ).

► mul • ti • pli • ca • tion / ,m\ltspls ' keijn / noun

[noncount]

Today we did multiplication and division.

mul • ti • ra • cial / ,m\lti ' reijl / adjective

including or involving different races of people We live in a multiracial society.

mum • ble / ' m\mbl /

( mum bles , mum . bling , mum bled )

to speak quietly in a way that is not clear, so that people cannot hear you well

She mumbled something, but I didn't hear what she said.

mum • my / ' m\mi / noun [ count ] ( plural mum . mies )

a dead body of a person or animal that has been kept by rubbing it with oils and wrapping it in cloth an Egyptian mummy

mumps / m\mps/ noun [ noncount ]

( health ) an illness that children can get, which causes the neck to get bigger (to swell )

munch / m\ntj / verb ( munch . es , munch . ing , munched )

to eat something in a noisy way

The kids were munching on chips in front of the TV.

mu • nic • i • pal / myu ' nisspl / adjective

( politics ) connected with the government of a city or town

a municipal election

mu • ral / myursl / noun [ count ] ( art ) a large picture painted on a wall