cud

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English cudu.]

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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]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cud - food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again rechewed food feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
	2.	cud - a wad of something chewable as tobacco chaw, chew, plug, quid, wad 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

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

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cud [kʌd] n to chew the cud → ruminare