Definitions for cudkʌd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cudkʌd(n.)

  1. the coarse food regurgitated by a ruminant from its first stomach for further chewing.

    Category: Zoology

  2. Dial.

    Category: Status (usage)

    Ref: quid1. 1

Idioms for cud:

  1. chew the cud,Informal. to meditate or ponder.

    Category: Idiom, Informal

Origin of cud:

bef. 1000; ME; OE cudu, var. of cwiodu, cwidu; akin to OHG quiti glue, Skt jatu gum. Cf. quid1

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cud, rechewed food(noun)

    food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again

  2. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad(noun)

    a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Wiktionary

  1. cud(Noun)

    The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

  2. Origin: From cudu, earlier cwidu, of origin. Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cud(noun)

    that portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time

  2. Cud(noun)

    a portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid

  3. Cud(noun)

    the first stomach of ruminating beasts


Translations for cud

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

cud(noun)

(of cows etc) to bring food from the stomach back into the mouth and chew it again.

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