dunged; dunging; dungs
: to fertilize or dress with manure
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Noun
researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung
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Tanveer Badal, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
Despite the official ban, about 6% of the 1140 sampling events included cattle dung.
—Bygeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2012
Moreover, in 2020, communication from the federal government about the pandemic really dung the public wrong.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 July 2021
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Noun
The resort itself, a modern build of canvas, stone, and walls of concrete mixed with elephant dung (an ode to the pachyderms and a textural accent) has an intimate atmosphere and just 10 suites.
—Tanveer Badal, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
Despite the official ban, about 6% of the 1140 sampling events included cattle dung.
—Bygeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
Verb
Hyenas will eat practically anything---from putrid corpses to dung---so donkeys are pretty much a treat.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2012
Moreover, in 2020, communication from the federal government about the pandemic really dung the public wrong.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 July 2021
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“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dung. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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