Cud Definition

kŭd
cuds
noun
cuds
A mouthful of previously swallowed food regurgitated from the first two chambers of the stomach of cattle and other ruminants back to the mouth, where it is chewed slowly a second time.
Webster's New World
Something held in the mouth and chewed, such as a plug of tobacco.
American Heritage
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idiom
chew the cud
  • to recall and think over something; ruminate; ponder
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cud

Noun

Singular:
cud
Plural:
cuds

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Origin of Cud

  • From Old English cudu, earlier cwidu, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English cudu

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Cud Sentence Examples

  • These animals must have cloven hooves and chew their cud.

  • They ate nothing of the flesh without a split hoof, or that didn't chew a cud.

  • These animals chew the cud but do not have divided hoofs.

  • U cud incorporate the jewelry u have jus bought her into a little treasure hunt or something.

  • Best fing that cud av appened to this fine city.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUD

Words Ending With

DUDCUD

Unscrambles

cud

Words Starting With C and Ending With D

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With C3 Letter Words Ending With D
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