cud

[ kuhd ]
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noun
  1. the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.

  2. Dialect. quid1.

Idioms about cud

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

Origin of cud

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English cudu, variant of cwiodu, cwidu; akin to Old High German quiti glue, Sanskrit jatu resin, gum. See quid1

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How to use cud in a sentence

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

  2. chew the cud to reflect or think over something

Origin of cud

1
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 ]


  1. 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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