crud

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

• IPA^(key): /kɹʌd/

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• Rhymes: -ʌd

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.

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.

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!

• DURC, curd, Curd

• crudu

From Latin crūdus.

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

1. raw, uncooked

   Synonym: nicoptu

   Antonym: coptu

2. crude, brutal, cruel

crud

1. alternative form of crudde

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

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

1. raw; uncooked

   poysson crud ― raw fish

• French: cru

• IPA^(key): /kruð/

crud m

1. alternative form of cruth

Inherited from Latin crūdus.

• IPA^(key): /krud/

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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

• cruzime

• cruditate

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• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /krɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːd/
• Rhymes: -ɨːd
• Homophone: cryd

crud m (plural crudau or crudiau)

1. cradle, crib

   Synonyms: cawell, cadair

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