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cud
(redirected from Cud chewing)

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cud  (kd)
n.
1. Food regurgitated from the first stomach to the mouth of a ruminant and chewed again.
2. Something held in the mouth and chewed, such as a quid of tobacco.

[Middle English, from Old English cudu.]

cud
Noun
1. partially digested food which a ruminant brings back into its mouth to chew again
2. chew the cud to think deeply [Old English cudu]

cud  (kd)
Food that has been partly digested and brought up from the first stomach to the mouth again for further chewing by ruminants, such as cattle and sheep.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cud - food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
2.cudcud - a wad of something chewable as tobacco
bite, morsel, bit - a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread"
Translations
cud [kʌd] n to chew the cud → ruminer

cud [kʌd] n to chew the cud (animal) → wiederkäuen (fig) (person) → vor sich acc hin grübeln

cud [kʌd] n to chew the cud → ruminare

cud [kad]
(of cows etc) to bring food from the stomach back into the mouth and chew it again. herkousel جِرَّه، ما يَجْتَرُّه الحيوان преживяна храна přežvykovat tygge drøv wiederkäuen μηρυκάζω rumiar mäletsema نشخوار کردن märehtiä ruminer גֵירָה पागुर करना preživati kérődzik memamah biak jórtra ruminare 反すうする 새김질하다 atrajoti gremoklis; atgremot gremokli mamahan herkauwen tygge drøv, jorte przeżuwać ruminar a rumega жевать жвачку prežúvať prežvekovati preživati boll av idisslad föda: idissla อาหารที่วัวสำรอกออกมาเคี้ยวใหม่ geviş getirmek 反芻的食物 жуйка; жувати жуйку جگالى كرنا nhai lại


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