What Does Cud Mean?
The word cud is defined as the food of a ruminant (an animal that ruminates or chews the cud). The animal regurgitates the cud and chews the food repeatedly. Cud is also a slang term for the word chew. It is also used in the context of a thick was of a chewable item. An example of a cud in this context is a wad of chewable tobacco. Cud is also known as bolus. It is a combination of food that has been partly digested by a ruminant animal such as a cow and bile. This is produced by the first two chambers in the stomach of the ruminant. The first two chambers in a ruminant’s stomach are known as the rumen and the reticulum. Cud is also a term often by people who collect coins. In coin collection terminology, a cud is defined as a raised lump of metal. This is caused by the breaking off a piece of the die.
