Cud
noun
A lump of partly digested food that some animals bring up from their stomach to chew again.
Ruminants like cows and sheep chew their cud to further break down plant fibers.
Often appears as...
- chew cud
- ruminate cud
noun
Something to be considered carefully.
The thought of moving abroad is a big cud to chew.
Often appears as...
- chew on a cud
- cud of thought
Usage tips
Figurative
noun
A lump of partly digested food that some animals bring up from their stomach to chew again.
Ruminants like cows and sheep chew their cud to further break down plant fibers.
Often appears as...
- chew cud
- ruminate cud
noun
Something to be considered carefully.
The thought of moving abroad is a big cud to chew.
Often appears as...
- chew on a cud
- cud of thought
Usage tips
Figurative
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Digestion
Used to describe how some animals, like cows, digest food by chewing it twice.
The cow is out in the field, peacefully chewing its cud.
Pro Tip 2/3Ruminants' Habit
'Cud' is specific to ruminants, animals with a special stomach for digestion.
Goats, being ruminants, often spend time chewing cud.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Involves mental visualization, usually of an animal chewing slowly and deliberately.
Watching the calm buffalo chew cud can be quite relaxing.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Digestion
Used to describe how some animals, like cows, digest food by chewing it twice.
The cow is out in the field, peacefully chewing its cud.
Pro Tip 2/3Ruminants' Habit
'Cud' is specific to ruminants, animals with a special stomach for digestion.
Goats, being ruminants, often spend time chewing cud.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Involves mental visualization, usually of an animal chewing slowly and deliberately.
Watching the calm buffalo chew cud can be quite relaxing.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Digestion
Used to describe how some animals, like cows, digest food by chewing it twice.
The cow is out in the field, peacefully chewing its cud.
Pro Tip 2/3Ruminants' Habit
'Cud' is specific to ruminants, animals with a special stomach for digestion.
Goats, being ruminants, often spend time chewing cud.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Involves mental visualization, usually of an animal chewing slowly and deliberately.
Watching the calm buffalo chew cud can be quite relaxing.
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Video examples
The Kangaroo is the...
goats with the same cud chewing abilities recently swallowed food can be regurgitated and chewed again before final digestion as they forage along their tail acts as a kind of fifth leg helping to push off from the ground
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
called the cows of the canopy they are the only primate with a digestive system equipped to chew the cud
Video examples
The Kangaroo is the...
goats with the same cud chewing abilities recently swallowed food can be regurgitated and chewed again before final digestion as they forage along their tail acts as a kind of fifth leg helping to push off from the ground
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
called the cows of the canopy they are the only primate with a digestive system equipped to chew the cud
Example 1 of 2
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