crud

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English

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Pronunciation

Noun

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)

  1. (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.
  2. (uncountable, figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
  3. (countable) A contemptible person.
  4. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
  5. (uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
  6. (uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.
    Synonym: crap
  7. (uncountable, slang, US, military and students) Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
  8. (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
  9. (Western Pennsylvania) Cottage cheese.

Derived terms

Translations

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Verb

crud (third-person singular simple present cruds, present participle crudding, simple past and past participle crudded)

  1. (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.

Translations

Interjection

crud

  1. (minced oath) Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.
    Synonym: crap
    Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!
    Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin crūdus.

Adjective

crud m (feminine crudã, masculine plural crudz, feminine plural crudi / crude)

  1. raw, uncooked
    Synonym: nicoptu
    Antonym: coptu
  2. crude, brutal, cruel

Middle English

Noun

crud

  1. alternative form of crudde

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French creu, with the d added back to reflect the Latin crūdus.

Adjective

crud m (feminine singular crude, masculine plural cruds, feminine plural crudes)

  1. raw; uncooked
    poysson crud ― raw fish

Descendants

  • French: cru

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

crud m

  1. alternative form of cruth

Mutation

Mutation of crud
radical lenition nasalization
crud chrud crud
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crūdus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

crud m or n (feminine singular crudă, masculine plural cruzi, feminine and neuter plural crude)

  1. raw, uncooked
    Synonym: necopt
    Antonym: copt
  2. (of fruits) unripe
    Synonym: necopt
    Antonym: copt
  3. brutal, cruel, barbarous
    Synonyms: brut, crunt, cumplit

Declension

Declension of crud
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite crud crudă cruzi crude
definite crudul cruda cruzii crudele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite crud crude cruzi crude
definite crudului crudei cruzilor crudelor

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

crud m (plural crudau or crudiau)

  1. cradle, crib
    Synonyms: cawell, cadair

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of crud
radical soft nasal aspirate
crud grud nghrud chrud

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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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