cud

Meanings

Noun

• 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

• To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
• Alternative of could

Origin

• From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz ("resin"). Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु.
• Shorted form of could.