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cud en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /kʌd/
• kŭd
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kʊd/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”). Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.

Forms

Deriveds

cudweed · chew the cud

Translations (40)

is jórtur (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · nl spijsbal (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · gl gaspallo (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · kk күйіс (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · my စမြုံ့ du or c du (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · ga cíor (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · no drøv (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · is jórturtugga (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · ro rumegat (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · uk жу́йка (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · bo ལྡད (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · da drøv (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · gl remoallo (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · nl spijsbrok (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · am ምንዣጊ (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · hu felkérődzött táplálék (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · he גֵּרָה (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · bg преживяна храна (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · gl rumiallo (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · fi märepala (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · pt remoalho (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · th เอื้อง (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · tl timayok (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · fr herbe ruminée (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · tr geviş (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · de Wiedergekäutes (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · es bolo alimenticio (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · gl bullo (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · az göyüş (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · xal кевәсн (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · cmn 反芻物 /反刍物 (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · pl żujka (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · ar جِرَّة (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · cy cil (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · it bolo (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · km អៀង (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · ru жва́чка (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · de wiedergekäutes Futter (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · kmr kayîn (food chewed for a second time by ruminants) · fa نشخوار (food chewed for a second time by ruminants)

cud en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /kʌd/
• kŭd
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kʊd/ (Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”). Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
   • […] although the wagon wheels perpetually flung up rivers of red sand, and she travelled in a column of whirling ruddy dust, the sweet perfumes of newly cudded grass mingled with it, mile after mile, as if the four-divided stomachs of the great oxen were filled with nothing but concentrated memories of hours of grazing along the water heavy vleis. 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, HarperCollins, published 2009, Part One, Chapter Two:
   • Here were two ladies nearly fifty years old, throwing back their heads to sing love songs, nursery songs, hymns, God Save the Queen, Rule Britannia—songs that spilled over the drawing-room as easily as Small's cow songs spilled over the yard, only Small's songs were new, fresh grass snatched as the cow snatched pasture grass. The ladies’ songs were rechews—cudded fodder. 1942, Emily Carr, “Singing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

Forms

cud en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /kʊd/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Shortened form of could.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling) Eye dialect spelling of could.
   alt of could
   • 'Twas the anchor-ice comin' up. To the right, to the lift, as far as iver a man cud see, the water was covered with the same. 1899, Jack London, The Men of Forty-Mile: