Definition

1. Noun:

   • Animal excrement, manure: Solid waste matter from animals, often used as fertilizer in agriculture.
   • Something filthy or repulsive: Used figuratively to describe something considered vile or morally corrupt.

2. Verb:

   • To defecate (used of animals): To excrete waste matter.
   • To fertilize with dung: To treat or enrich land by applying animal manure.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The farmer collected the cow dung to use in the fields.
  • He considered the corrupt politician's lies to be pure dung.

• Verb:

  • The cattle dung in the pasture.
  • It is important to dung the soil before planting the new crop.

Advanced Usage

• "dung beetle": A type of beetle that feeds on or breeds in animal dung.

  • The dung beetle rolled its ball of dung across the savanna.

• "dung heap" / "dunghill": A pile of animal dung, often mixed with straw, used for manure.

  • The compost was made from a mixture of kitchen scraps and an old dung heap.

Variants and Related Words

• Dungy (adj): Resembling or covered with dung; filthy.
  • The dungy floor of the stable needed cleaning.

Synonyms

• Manure (n): Animal dung used for fertilizing land.
• Droppings (n): The excrement of animals or birds.
• Feces (n): Waste matter discharged from the intestines.

Phrasal Verbs

(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions.)

Related Idioms

• "to fling dung at someone/something": To make vicious or slanderous attacks.
  • The scandal led to political commentators flinging dung at each other on television.

Noun

1. fecal matter of animals

Verb

1. defecate; used of animals
2. fertilize or dress with dung
   • you must dung the land