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

(transitive) To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.

(nonstandard, informal) Alternative form of could

(databases, programming) The basic operations of a database management system; Acronym of create, update, delete.

simple past tense and past participle of cud

present participle of cud

plural of cud

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cud

(agriculture) To ruminate (of ruminant animals). / (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.

present participle of chew the cud