dung Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fecal matter of animals
    muck; droppings.
  2. verb fertilize or dress with dung
    • you must dung the land
  3. verb defecate; used of animals

WordNet

Dung noun
Etymology
AS. dung; akin to G. dung, dünger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. Dingy.
Definitions
  1. The excrement of an animal. Bacon.
Dung transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dunged ; present participle & verbal noun Dunging
Definitions
  1. To manure with dung. Dryden.
  2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.
Dung intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To void excrement. Swift.

Webster 1913