ADJ
deep | glutinous, thick | hard | liquid, soft, sticky, wet
dried, dry
The children scraped dry mud off their boots before entering the house.
black, brown, grey, red
VERB + MUD
be caked in/with, be covered in/with, be plastered with, be smeared with, be streaked with mud
After playing in the garden, the children were covered in mud from head to toe.
get/become bogged (down) in, get stuck in
The hikers got stuck in the mud and had to turn back before dark.
churn sth into, turn (sth) to
Heavy rain turned the football field to mud, so the match was cancelled.
wallow in
The children were wallowing in the mud after the heavy rain yesterday.
spatter (sb/sth with)
MUD + VERB
ooze
The thick mud began to ooze slowly across the garden path after the heavy rain.
crack
After weeks without rain, the mud on the riverbank began to crack into hard pieces.
MUD + NOUN
brick, floor, house, hut | flats
PREP
in the ~
The children were playing in the mud after the heavy rain.
through the ~
The children ran through the mud after it rained heavily in the garden.
PHRASES
a layer of mud, a sea of mud