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crud

See also: CRUD

English

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Etymology

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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

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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.

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Translations

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Verb

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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

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crud

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

Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin crūdus.

Adjective

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

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

Middle English

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Noun

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crud

  1. Alternative form of crudde

Middle French

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. raw; uncooked
    poysson crud ― raw fish

Descendants

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  • French: cru

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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crud m

  1. Alternative form of cruth

Mutation

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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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin crūdus.

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Adjective

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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

Declension

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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

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Welsh

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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crud m (plural crudau or crudiau)

  1. cradle, crib
    Synonyms: cawell, cadair

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Mutation

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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

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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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