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

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|FiveThirtyEight
A 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 Post
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.