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cud
[ kuhd ]
noun
- the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- Dialect. quid 1.
cud
/ °ìÊŒ»å /
noun
- partially digested food regurgitated from the first stomach of cattle and other ruminants to the mouth for a second chewing
- chew the cudto reflect or think over something
cud
/ °ìÅ»å /
- 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.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cud1
Idioms and Phrases
- chew one's / the cud, Informal. to meditate or ponder; ruminate.
Example Sentences
As with most ruminants, cattle make the most of a paltry diet, converting cud, grains, and crop waste into muscle and milk.
As with most ruminants, cattle make the most of a paltry diet, converting cud, grains and crop waste into muscle and milk.
He can chew on his voice like a cow chews its cud.
In turn, Swinton found the task a chance to, as she put it, “chew one’s own cud.â€
They also spent more time lounging around the barn as they chewed their cud and ruminated the universe.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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