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BNC: 31435 COCA: 31654

cud

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cud /ˈkʌd/ noun
cud
/ˈkʌd/
noun
Learner's definition of CUD
[noncount]
: the food that an animal (such as a cow) brings back up from its stomach into its mouth to be chewed again反刍的食物
BNC: 31435 COCA: 31654

cud

noun

ˈkəd How to pronounce cud (audio)
 chiefly Southern  ˈku̇d,
 or  ˈküd
1
: food brought up into the mouth by a ruminating animal from its rumen to be chewed again
2

Example Sentences

a cow chewing its cud
Recent Examples on the Web The machine’s calmly rotating auger is reminiscent of a cow’s consistent cud chewing. The Hunger Coalition, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021 Seamus Heaney once characterized the Irish novelist John McGahern as a ruminant, given to chewing the cud. Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 4 Nov. 2021 The Divina Mosaica Tsavorite watch is crafted in 18-karat white gold and is set with 282 brilliant-cud diamonds on the dial and the lugs, and with 262 tsavorites. Roberta Naas, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Much of that is enteric methane, which is produced when cud-chewing animals like cows digest their food. Fortune, 2 June 2021 On a steady platform, their research concluded, heifers likely won't spew their cud. Laura Mallonee, Wired, 18 Feb. 2020 Did the ox clack its hooves together, or chew its cud rhythmically? Dave Barry, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2019 Like cows, buffalo chew cud to further extract nutrients. Kylie Mohr, National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2019 So grateful to have a chance to chew this cud with you. Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 17 Dec. 2016 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English cudde, from Old English cwudu; akin to Old High German kuti glue, Sanskrit jatu gum

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cud was before the 12th century
BNC: 31435 COCA: 31654

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