Define the word cud"Cud" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Cud \Cud\ (k[u^]d), n. [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of
uncertain origin; cf, G. k["o]der bait, Icel. kvi[eth]r womb,
Goth. qi[thorn]us. Cf. Quid.]
1. That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by
ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed
a second time.
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Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed,
and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye
eat. --Levit. xi. 3
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2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid.
[Low]
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3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. --Crabb.
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To chew the cud, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of;
as, to chew the cud of bitter memories.
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Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath. --Tennyson.
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"cud" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
cud
n 1: food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again [syn: rechewed food]
2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw,
quid, plug, wad]
"cud" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cud":
bite, bolus, cavendish, champ, chaw, chew, chewing tobacco, chomp,
cut plug, eating tobacco, fid, gnash, gob, morsel, mouthful, munch,
navy, navy plug, nibble, nip, pigtail, quid, snap, swallow,
tobacco juice, twist
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