Cud

  • 21CUD — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres   Sigles de quatre lettres …

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  • 22cud — /kud/, n. 1. the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time. 2. Dial. quid1. 3. chew one s or the cud, Informal. to meditate or ponder; ruminate. [bef. 1000; ME; OE cudu, var. of CWIODU,… …

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  • 23CUD — cause undetermined; congenital urinary deformity * * * cud kəd, ku̇d n food brought up into the mouth by a ruminating animal from its first stomach to be chewed again * * * (kud) the bolus of partially digested food that a ruminant casts back up… …

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  • 24CuD — copper deficiency * * * cud kəd, ku̇d n food brought up into the mouth by a ruminating animal from its first stomach to be chewed again * * * (kud) the bolus of partially digested food that a ruminant casts back up from the rumen to be chewed a… …

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  • 25Cud — This intriguing and most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and a diminutive form of Cuthbert, which itself is from the Middle English personal name Cudbert , Olde English Cuethbeorht , composed of the elements cueth , famous, well… …

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  • 26cud — A mouthful of previously swallowed food, regurgitated from the first stomach of ruminants. The cud is then chewed again further breaking it down for digestion …

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  • 27cud — [[t]kʌ̱d[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects When animals such as cows or sheep chew the cud, they slowly chew their partly digested food over and over again in their mouth before finally swallowing it. Syn: ruminate …

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  • 28cud — noun partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing. Phrases chew the cud think or talk reflectively. Origin OE cwidu, cudu, of Gmc origin …

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  • 29cud — UK [kʌd] / US noun [uncountable] food that animals such as cows and sheep bring back into their mouths to chew again after they have swallowed it • chew the cud …

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  • 30cud — [[t]kʌd[/t]] n. 1) zool. the coarse food regurgitated by a ruminant from its first stomach for further chewing 2) sts Dial. quid I • chew the cud Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE cudu, var. of cwiodu, cwidu; akin to OHG quiti glue, Skt jatu gum. Cf.… …

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