Cud

Pronunciation

• enPR: kÅ­d, IPA: /kÊŒd/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒd

From Old English cudu, earlier cwidu, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, "lac, gum").

Full definition of cud

Noun

1. The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŠd

Shorted form of could.

Verb

1. could (informal), past of can.

Anagrams

• ucd
• UDC