crud
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.
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Noun[edit]
crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)
- (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
- 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 30:
- Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.
- (uncountable, figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
- (countable) A contemptible person.
- Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
- (uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
- (uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.
- Synonym: crap
- (uncountable, slang, US, military and students) Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
- (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
- (Western Pennsylvania) Cottage cheese.
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Verb[edit]
crud (third-person singular simple present cruds, present participle crudding, simple past and past participle crudded)
- (transitive) To clog with dirt or debris.
- 2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203:
- The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.
Interjection[edit]
crud
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Adjective[edit]
crud m (feminine crudã, masculine plural crudz, feminine plural crudi / crude)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
crud
- Alternative form of crudde
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French creu, with the d added back to reflect the Latin crūdus.
Adjective[edit]
crud m (feminine singular crude, masculine plural cruds, feminine plural crudes)
Descendants[edit]
- French: cru
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
crud m
- Alternative form of cruth
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
crud | chrud | crud pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
crud m or n (feminine singular crudă, masculine plural cruzi, feminine and neuter plural crude)
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /krɨːd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kriːd/
- Rhymes: -ɨːd
- Homophone: cryd
Noun[edit]
crud m (plural crudau or crudiau)
Derived terms[edit]
- crud llestri (“crockery rack”)
- crudaid (“cradleful”)
- crudio (“to cradle”)
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
crud | grud | nghrud | chrud |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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