crud

See also: CRUD

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

• IPA^(key): /kɹʌd/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ʌd

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

• con crud
• creeping crud
• cruddy

Translations

dirt, filth or refuse

• Dutch: rotzooi (nl), smurrie (nl), troep (nl), viezigheid (nl)
• Finnish: sakka (fi), moska (fi), saasta (fi)
• Russian: га́дость (ru) f (gádostʹ), дрянь (ru) f (drjanʹ), мура́ (ru) f (murá)
• Spanish: basura (es) f, desperdicio (es) m

heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski

• Dutch: smurrie (nl)
• Finnish: nuoskalumi (fi)
• German: Sulzschnee
• Russian: сля́коть (ru) f (sljákotʹ)

feces

• Dutch: stront (nl), schijterij (nl)
• French: merde (fr)
• German: Scheiße (de), Mist (de)
• Portuguese: esterco (pt) m
• Russian: дерьмо́ (ru) n (derʹmó), говно́ (ru) n (govnó)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кака f

  Roman: kaka (sh) f

• Spanish: caca (es) f, mierda (es) f

contemptible person

• Dutch: rotvent (nl) m, smeerlap (nl) m, viezerik (nl) m
• Russian: подо́нок (ru) m (podónok), мразь (ru) f (mrazʹ), сво́лочь (ru) f (svóločʹ), па́дла (ru) m or f (pádla)

slang for disease

• Dutch: smeerlapperij (nl), viezigheid (nl)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} crud (fr), ^{(please verify)} crude (fr)

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.

Interjection

crud

1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

Anagrams

• Curd, curd

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crudu

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

• IPA^(key): /kruð/

Noun

crud m

1. Alternative form of cruth

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crūdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krud/

• Audio

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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	crudilor

Derived terms

• cruzime

Related terms

• cruditate

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

crud m (plural crudau or crudiau)

1. cradle, crib

   Synonyms: cawell, cadair

Derived terms

• crud llestri (“crockery rack”)
• crudaid (“cradleful”)
• crudio (“to cradle”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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

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