cud

[ kuhd ]

/ kʌd /

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noun

the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.

Dialect. quid¹.

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Idioms about cud

chew one's / the cud, Informal. to meditate or ponder; ruminate.

Origin of cud

before 1000; Middle English; Old English cudu, variant of cwiodu, cwidu; akin to Old High German quiti glue, Sanskrit jatu resin, gum. See quid¹

Words nearby cud

cucumber tree, cucurbit, cucurbitaceous, cucurbit wilt, Cúcuta, cud, cuda, Cudahy, cudbear, cuddle, cuddly

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How to use cud in a sentence

Ruth — now entirely awake — picked up her own phone and soon we both lay there chewing our digital cud like narcotized cattle.
It’s true: Waking up is hard to do, especially when there’s a smartphone involved|John Kelly|November 22, 2020|Washington Post
I sometimes sit there chewing a phrase like a cow with cud a while before going on.
Leah Hager Cohen: How I Write|Noah Charney|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was standing in about two feet of cold spring water contentedly chewing his cud.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
Molly Donahue wants a vote, but though she cud bound Kamachatka as aisily as ye cud this precint, she ain't qualified f'r it.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne

He cudden't find a goold mine f'r ye but he cud see th' bottom iv wan through three thousand feet iv bullyon.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
Th' on'y way ye or me cud rightly exthricate anny money fr'm a bank wud be be means iv a brace an' bit.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
An' with th' missionaries we sint sharpshooters that cud pick off a Chinyman beatin' th' conthribution box at five hundherd yards.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne

British Dictionary definitions for cud

cud

/ (kʌd) /

noun

partially digested food regurgitated from the first stomach of cattle and other ruminants to the mouth for a second chewing

chew the cud to reflect or think over something

Word Origin for cud

Old English cudu, from cwidu what has been chewed; related to Old Norse kvātha resin (for chewing), Old High German quiti glue, Sanskrit jatu rubber

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Scientific definitions for cud

cud

[ kŭd ]

Food that has been partly digested and brought up from the first stomach to the mouth again for further chewing by ruminants, such as cattle and sheep.