cud
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cud¹
- /kʌd/ US, UK
- /kʊd/ Northern England
Sounds like could (without the foot–strut split) · Rhymes with -ʌd
Where it comes from
From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”).
Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).
noun cuds
- The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
verb cuds · cudding · cudded
- To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time. Here were two ladies nearly fifty years old, throwing back their heads to sing love songs, nursery songs, hymns, God Save the Queen, Rule Britannia—songs that spilled over the drawing-room as easily as Small's cow songs spilled over the yard, only Small's songs were new, fresh grass snatched as the
cud²
- /kʊd/
Rhymes with -ʊd
Where it comes from
Shortened form of could.
verb
- Eye dialect spelling of could 'Twas the anchor-ice comin' up. To the right, to the lift, as far as iver a man cud see, the water was covered with the same.
CUD³
- /kʌd/
- /siː juː diː/
Rhymes with -ʌd
noun
- Acronym of create, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.
- Initialism of cannabis use disorder The study’s authors stated that in 2021, CUD played an integral role in 15% of cases occurring in men aged 16 to 49, and in 4% of cases affecting women in the same age range.
Translations
Every language
noun food chewed for a second time by ruminants
| Español | bolo alimenticio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 反芻物 /反刍物 fǎnchúwù |
| Português | remoalho |
| Français | herbe ruminée |
| Deutsch | Wiedergekäutes, wiedergekäutes Futter |
| Italiano | bolo |
| Română | rumegat |
| Русский | жва́чка žváčka |
| العربية | جِرَّة jirra |
| עברית | גֵּרָה gerá |
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