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.

RELATED WORDS

food, chew, rumen, bolus, quid

Nearby words

cucumber root, cucumber tree, cucurbit, cucurbit wilt, cucurbitaceous, cud, cuda, cudahy, cudbear, cuddle, cuddly

Idioms

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

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Examples from the Web for cud

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
There was, however, usually something else to be done, for there was always their cud to chew.
Among the Farmyard People|Clara Dillingham Pierson
And he wad aye mak an honest baubee whan he cud; for siller was fell scarce at that time o' day amo' the Falconers.
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald
P'raps de great sorrer war so big in har heart, dat she cudn't fine rest nowhar but in de cole, dark riber.
Among the Pines|James R. Gilmore

By the Mosaic law, the Camel was a forbidden animal, because it did not divide the hoof, although it chewed the cud.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
I'd tuk one ob de guns—you warn't in de hous, massa, so I cudn't ax you.'
Continental Monthly, Vol. I., No. IV., April, 1862|Various

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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Science 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.