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cud

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • kŭd
  • /kʌd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England: /kʊd/
  • rhymes with -ʌd
  • homophone: could (without the foot-strut split)
  • /kʊd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʊd

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Acronym of create, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Eye dialect spelling of could.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chew, chaw, quid, plug, wad

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: morsel, bit, bite

6

noun

Meaning 6

food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rechewed food

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feed, provender

History

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”).

Shortened form of could.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ምንዣጊ (mənžagi) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Arabic: جِرَّة (jirra) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Azerbaijani: göyüş — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Bulgarian: преживяна храна (preživjana hrana) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Burmese: စမြုံ့ du or c du (ca.mrum.) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反芻物 /反刍物 (fǎnchúwù) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Danish: drøv — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Dutch: spijsbrok — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Dutch: spijsbal — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Finnish: märepala — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • French: herbe ruminée — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Galician: remoallo — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Galician: rumiallo — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Galician: gaspallo — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Galician: bullo — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • German: Wiedergekäutes — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • German: wiedergekäutes Futter — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Hebrew: גֵּרָה (gerá) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Hungarian: felkérődzött táplálék — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Icelandic: jórtur — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Icelandic: jórturtugga — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Irish: cíor — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Italian: bolo — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Kalmyk: кевәсн (keväsn) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Kazakh: күйіс (küiıs) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Khmer: អៀង (ʼiəng) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Northern Kurdish: kayîn — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Norwegian: drøv — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Persian: نشخوار (nešxâr) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Polish: żujka — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Portuguese: remoalho — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Romanian: rumegat — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Russian: жва́чка (žváčka) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Spanish: bolo alimenticio — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Tagalog: timayok — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Thai: เอื้อง (ʉ̂ʉang) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Tibetan: ལྡད (ldad) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Turkish: geviş — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Ukrainian: жу́йка (žújka) — food chewed for a second time by ruminants
  • Welsh: cil — food chewed for a second time by ruminants