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Definition: Cud |
CudNoun1. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again. 2. A wad of something chewable as tobacco. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cud" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: CudSynonyms: chaw (n), chew (n), plug (n), quid (n), rechewed food (n), wad (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Thought | Take into consideration; take counsel; (be advised); commune with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cud |
| English words defined with "cud": first stomach ♦ meditatively ♦ Remasticate, rumen, ruminant, Ruminantly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cud": Clean and Unclean Animals ♦ Quid of Tobacco. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cud": Kite. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cud" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 61.11% of the time. "Cud" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 61.11% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Noun (singular) | 29.63% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.26% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 54 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cud": chew the cud ♦ chewing the cud ♦ To chew the cud. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cud": cud-chewing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cud design.ncsu.edu | 42 |
cud | 31 |
cud design.nesu.edu | 9 |
chewing the cud | 3 |
chewin cud t | 3 |
cow cud | 3 |
725 cud evercool | 2 |
cadet cud | 2 |
chewers cud | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cud"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Ushqim I Ripërtypur. (various references) | |
Arabic | جرة إجترار, الطعام المجترعند الحيوانات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Преживяна Храна. (various references) | |
Czech | Přežvykovat (ruminate). (various references) | |
Dutch | herkauwen (chew the cud). (various references) | |
Esperanto | remaĉi (chew the cud). (various references) | |
Farsi | نشخوار (Champ, Quid), تفکر (Dump, Recollection, Reflection, Thought), تنباکوی جویدنی , تعمق . (various references) | |
Finnish | märehtiä (chew the cud, ruminate). (various references) | |
French | Mâchonnement, Alimentaire. (various references) | |
German | wiedergekäutes Futter. (various references) | |
Greek | Αναμάσημα όηρυκαστικού, Αναμασημένη Τροφή. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Felkérõdzött Táplálék, felkérődzött táplálék. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kunyahan kembali. (various references) | |
Italian | Bolo Alimentare. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 反芻 (chewing the cud, rumination). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | は"すう (chewing the cud, half the number, reciprocal number, revision number, rumination, version number). (various references) | |
Manx | keeyr, keer, keeir (blackish, dark, darkish, darkly dull, dull grey, dusky, sable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | udcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ruminação (rumination). (various references) | |
Romanian | Rumegat (chew). (various references) | |
Russian | Жвачка, жвачка (chaw, chew, chicle). (various references) | |
Scottish | cìr (a comb, as wool, comb, crest of a cock, tease). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | preživar, preživanje (chew). (various references) | |
Spanish | Rumia (rumination), bolo alimenticio. (various references) | |
Swedish | Boll Av Idisslad Föda. (various references) | |
Turkish | Geviş (chewing the cud, rumination). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Жуйка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | miếng trầu. (various references) | |
Welsh | cil-gnoi (chew cud, ruminate), atgnoi (chew the cud). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ton coirogrullion oti anagei mhrukismon touto kai oplhn ou dichlei akaqarton touto umin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Lepus quoque nam et ipse ruminat sed ungulam non dividit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | An haar forsothe, for and he chewith kude, but the clee he dyuidith not; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the hare, for he likewise cheweth the cud, but deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes, he is therfore vnclene to you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof: he is unclean to you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ang liebre, kay nagapangusap apan walay kuko nga pikas: mahugaw kini alang kaninyo; |
| Croatian | arnebeta, iako preživa, razdvojena papka nema - za vas je neèist. |
| Danish | Haren, thi den tygger vel Drøv, men har ikke Klove; den skal være eder uren; |
| Dutch | En den haas, want hij herkauwt wel, maar verdeelt den klauw niet; die zal u onrein zijn. |
| Finnish | jänistä, joka kyllä märehtii, mutta jolla ei ole sorkkia: se olkoon teille saastainen; |
| French | Vous ne mangerez pas le lièvre, qui rumine, mais qui n`a pas la corne fendue: vous le regarderez comme impur. |
| German | Der Hase wiederkäut auch, aber er spaltet die Klauen nicht; darum ist er euch unrein. |
| Hungarian | A nyulat, mert kérõdzõ ugyan, de nem hasadt a körme; tisztátalan ez néktek. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan kawelu, karena sungguhpun ia memamah biak, tetapi kukunya tiada terbelah, maka haramlah ia kepadamu; |
| Italian | la lepre, perché rumina, ma non ha l'unghia divisa, la considererete immonda; |
| Maori | Me te hea, no te mea e whakahoki ake ana ano ia i te kai, otiia kahore i tararua te matimati; hei mea poke ia ki a koutou. |
| Norwegian | og haren, for den tygger vel drøv, men har ikke klover, den skal være uren for eder, |
| Portuguese | a lebre, porque rumina mas não tem a unha fendida, essa vos será imunda; |
| Rumanian | Sq nu mkncayi iepurele, care rumegq, dar n`are unghia despicatq: sq -l priviyi ca necurat. |
| Russian | Й ЪБК"Б, ПФПНХ ЮФП ПО ЦХЕФ ЦЧБЮЛХ, ОП ЛП ЩФБ Х ОЕЗП ОЕ ТБЪ"ЧПЕОЩ, ОЕЮЙУФ ПО "МС ЧБУ; |
| Spanish | La liebre, porque rumia pero no tiene la pezuña partida, será para vosotros inmunda. |
| Swedish | men har icke klövar, han skall gälla för eder såsom oren; svinet, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cud": cudbear, cudbears, cuddie, cuddies, cuddle, cuddled, cuddler, cuddlers, cuddles, cuddlesome, cuddlier, cuddliest, cuddling, cuddly, cuddy, cudgel, cudgeled, cudgeler, cudgelers, cudgeling, cudgelled, cudgelling, cudgels, cuds, cudweed, cudweeds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cud": scud. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cud": barracuda, barracudas, becudgel, becudgeled, becudgeling, becudgelled, becudgelling, becudgels, docudrama, docudramas, escudo, escudos, incudal, incudate, incudes, scudded, scudding, scudi, scudo, scuds. (additional references) | |
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"Cud" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caud, caux, cbd, ccd, ccu, ccuf, cdd, cdp, cdt, ced, Cedf, cedm, ceud, cfu, chudd, Cibd, cidd, Cidg, cjd, ckd, cld, clud, cmu, codd, coud, cpd, cqd, crd, csd, ctd, cua, cuc, cuda, Cudi, cudo, cudy, cudz, cuf, cug, cuh, cuid, cuj, culd, cuo, cuq, Cuu, cuv, cuw, cux, cuy, cuz, cvd, cyd, eud, Kud, qud, sud, uc, ucd, ucdc, ucid, Ucw, ucx, zudd. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ud": Chud, FUD, HUD. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-u" | |
+1 letter: crud, cuds, cued, curd, duce, duci, duck, duct, scud. | |
+2 letters: adunc, cauld, cloud, clued, coude, could, crude, cruds, cubed, cuddy, cupid, curds, curdy, cured, deuce, douce, ducal, ducat, duces, duchy, ducks, ducky, ducts, dunce, dunch, duroc, dutch, educe, educt, lucid, ludic, mucid, pudic, scudi, scudo, scuds. | |
+3 letters: abduce, abduct, adduce, adduct, bonduc, bucked, caudad, caudal, caudex, caudle, caulds, caused, cedula, chuted, clouds, cloudy, couped, cruddy, cruder, crudes, cuboid, cuddie, cuddle, cuddly, cudgel, cuffed, culled, culmed, cundum, cupids, cupped, curbed, curded, curdle, curled, curred, cursed, curved, cusped, cuspid, cussed, decury, deduce, deduct, deuced, deuces, dictum, discus, douche, ducats, ducked, ducker, duckie, ductal, ducted, dulcet, dunces, durocs, educed, educes, educts, escudo, fecund, fucoid, fundic, gweduc, induce, induct, jocund, juiced, lucked, mucked, mucoid, mudcap, mudcat, muscid, ouched, reduce, ruched, rucked, sauced, secund, seduce, sucked, truced, tucked, unclad, undock, yucked. | |
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