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cud

[kuhd] / kʌd /
NOUN
ruminant food
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She said it was "so lovely that anybody would bother to come up and chew the cud with you for a while"

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

As with most ruminants, cattle make the most of a paltry diet, converting cud, grains, and crop waste into muscle and milk.

From Scientific American Nov. 7, 2023

As with most ruminants, cattle make the most of a paltry diet, converting cud, grains and crop waste into muscle and milk.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2023

They also spent more time lounging around the barn as they chewed their cud and ruminated the universe.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2022

That put her in mind of the sheep the children had seen earlier through the telescope, ceaselessly chewing on its cud.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

These chewed-over cuds matter less than it might seem.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2010

Black-and-white Holsteins chew their cuds in a lazy rhythm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Molly Lewis, 15, and her daughter, 7, chewed their cuds as placidly as usual but the rest of the Gibson estate was in commotion.

From Time Magazine Archive

He says too there are a good many bulls still in the ring who seem to have lost their cuds.

From Time Magazine Archive

The farm wagon stood outside; the patient oxen, oblivious to how comically out of place they looked on a city street, chewed their cuds contentedly.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson



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