dung
See also: Dung, dùng, Dũng, dụng, dưng, dừng, dửng, dựng, đúng, and dūŋ
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋ
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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.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv], line 129:
- Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall-newt, and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool […]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Malachi 2:3:
- Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
- 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.
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- (countable) A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
Derived terms
terms derived from dung (noun)
- cow dung
- cow-dung
- devil's dung
- dung beetle
- dung fly
- dung fork
- dung funnel
- dungheap
- dung heap
- dunghill
- dung-hunter
- dungy
Translations
manure
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Verb
dung (third-person singular simple present dungs, present participle dunging, simple past and past participle dunged)
- (transitive) To fertilize with dung.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
- a cart he found, That carry'd compost forth to dung the ground
- 1993, Henry Leach, Endure No Makeshifts: Some Naval Recollections:
- She had been dunging the roses and was fairly covered in muck.
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- (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
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Etymology 2
See ding
Verb
dung
- (obsolete) past participle of ding
Etymology 3
unknown
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.
Etymology 4
Onomatopeia
Interjection
dung
- Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”)
Anagrams
- UNDG
Middle English
Noun
dung
- Alternative form of donge (“dung”)
Noun
dung
- Alternative form of donge (“Hell”)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dunɡ/, [duŋɡ]
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *dung, from Proto-Germanic *dungz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover; covering”).
Alternative forms
- ding
Noun
dung f (nominative plural dyng)
- dungeon, prison
Declension
Declension of dung (strong consonant stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dung | dyng |
| accusative | dung | dyng |
| genitive | dyng, dunge | dunga |
| dative | dyng | dungum |
Synonyms
- dimhūs
Descendants
- Middle English: donge, dung, dunge
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *dungō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
Alternative forms
- ding
Noun
dung f
- dung, manure
Declension
Declension of dung (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dung | dunga, dunge |
| accusative | dunge | dunga, dunge |
| genitive | dunge | dunga |
| dative | dunge | dungum |
Descendants
- Middle English: donge, dong, donke, doung, dounge, dung, dunge
- English: dung
- Scots: dung
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dungiz, *dungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
Noun
dung m or f
- weaving, weavingroom
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (Northern Vietnam) dong
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 容 (“to tolerate; facial traits”). Also from Chinese 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
Derived terms
- bao dung (“generous”)
- dung mạo
- dung nạp (“to accept, admit”)
- dung nhan (“beautiful feminine face”)
- dung sai (“tolerance”)
- dung tha (“forgive”)
- dung thân (“to take refuge”)
- hình dung
- khoan dung (“tolerant”)