Cud — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈʌd/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈʌd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈʌd/

1 syllable Say it as /kˈʌd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rechewed food quid wad plug chew chaw

Word Forms

chew	verb	chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
chaw	verb	chew without swallowing
wad	verb	compress into a wad

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

merde

nourriture d'un ruminant régurgitée pour être mâchée à nouveau

🇪🇸Spanish

rumia

comida de un rumiante regurgitada para ser masticada nuevamente

🇮🇹Italian

cuce

cibo di un ruminante rigurgitato per essere masticato nuovamente

🇳🇱Dutch

herkauw

voedsel van een herkauwer uitgebraakt om opnieuw te worden gekauwd

🇵🇹Portuguese

ruminação

alimento de um ruminante regurgitado para ser mastigado novamente

🇷🇺Russian

жвачка

пища жвачного животного, срыгнутая для повторного пережевывания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जुगाली करना

जुगाली करने वाले प्राणी का भोजन दोबारा चबाया जाना

🇧🇩Bengali

চুদা

একটি ruminant regurgitated to be chewed food of again

🇮🇳Tamil

கட்

ஒரு ருமினன்ட்டின் உணவு மீண்டும் மெல்லப்பட வேண்டும்

🇮🇳Telugu

కడ్

ఒక రుమినెంట్ యొక్క ఆహారాన్ని మళ్లీ నమలడానికి పుంజుకుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

चुड

एक ruminant अन्न पुन्हा चघळणे regurgitated

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುದ್ದು

ಮೆಲುಕು ಹಾಕುವ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಯ ಆಹಾರವು ಮತ್ತೆ ಅಗಿಯಲು ಪುನರುಜ್ಜೀವನಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കഡ്

വീണ്ടും ചവച്ചരച്ച് ചവച്ചരച്ച് കഴിക്കാൻ പാകത്തിലുള്ള ഒരു റുമിനൻ്റ് ഭക്ഷണം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

反刍

反刍动物的食物反流以再次咀嚼

🇯🇵Japanese

反芻する

もう一度噛むために吐き戻された反芻動物の食べ物

🇰🇷Korean

되새김질

다시 씹기 위해 역류된 반추동물의 음식

🇻🇳Vietnamese

âu yếm

thức ăn của động vật nhai lại được nhai lại

🇹🇭Thai

กอด

อาหารของสัตว์เคี้ยวเอื้องที่สำรอกออกมาเคี้ยวอีกครั้ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

mamahan

makanan hewan ruminansia dimuntahkan untuk dikunyah kembali

🇲🇾Malay

biak

makanan ruminan dimuntahkan untuk dikunyah semula

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اجتر

طعام المجتر متقيأ ليمضغ مرة أخرى

🇮🇷Persian

ناز

غذای یک نشخوارکننده برگشت تا دوباره جویده شود

🇹🇷Turkish

geviş getirmek

Tekrar çiğnenmek üzere kusan bir geviş getiren hayvanın yiyeceği

🇮🇱Hebrew

גֵרָה

מזון של בעל גירה חזר ללעיסה

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