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