cud
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
Dialect. quid1.
Idioms about cud
chew one's / the cud, Informal. to meditate or ponder; ruminate.
Origin of cud
1Words Nearby cud
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How to use cud in a sentence
Using cannabis frequently increases the risks of developing cud, and frequent pot use is growing among adults.
More And More Americans Are Smoking Pot. What Does That Mean For Their Health? | Lester Black | November 30, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightA three-compartment stomach allows for regurgitating and chewing cud.
‘Llama therapy’ in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park | Mary Winston Nicklin | October 8, 2021 | Washington PostRuth — 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 PostI sometimes sit there chewing a phrase like a cow with cud a while before going on.
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 DunneHe 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 DunneTh' 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 DunneAn' 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
/ (kʌd) /
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
Origin of cud
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for 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.
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