name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
rud
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Pronunciation
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/ɹʌd/
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rhymes with -ʌd
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CMU ARPABET: R AH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
redness; blush
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
ruddle; red ochre
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of rudd (“fish”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
(engineering, euphemistic) Synonym of rapid unplanned disassembly: An unexpected explosion or breakup.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, initialism
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verb
Meaning 6
To become red; redden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To make red.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To produce a RUD.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology
From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (“to be ruddy”) (compare rudu (“redness”)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h1rudhéh1ti, from *h1rewdh- (“red”); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).
(explosion): Abbreviation of rapid unplanned disassembly as an initialism and an acronym