According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
CUD
chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad
(noun) a wad of something chewable as tobacco
cud, rechewed food
(noun) food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
cud (countable and uncountable, plural cuds)
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.
Verb
cud (third-person singular simple present cuds, present participle cudding, simple past and past participle cudded)
(transitive) To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
Etymology 2
Verb
cud
(nonstandard, informal) Alternative form of could
Anagrams
• CDU, DCU, UCD, UDC, ucd
Noun
CUD (uncountable)
(database, programming) The basic operations of a database management system; Acronym of create, update, delete.
Anagrams
• CDU, DCU, UCD, UDC, ucd
Source: Wiktionary
Cud (kd), n Etym: [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. k bait, Icel. kvi womb, Goth. qipus. Cf. Quid.]
1. That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be cheved a second time. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Levit. xi. 3
2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low]
3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. Crabb. To chew the cud, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories. Chewed the thrice turned cudof wrath. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
20 April 2024
MULTIPHASE
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
Coffee Trivia
