cud

noun (cud; uncountable)

«cud» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Cud is food that a cow, sheep, goat or deer has swallowed and then brings back up from its stomach into its mouth to chew again. tree →
«To chew the cud» means to chew food this way; figuratively, it means to think about something slowly and carefully. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons, animals that chew the cud are called ruminants; they have a stomach with several parts so they can digest tough grass. In farm visits and stories, cows lie in the field chewing the cud. In the Bible, animals that chew the cud and have split hooves are listed as clean to eat in the old laws (Bible). Phrases: «chew the cud», «chewing the cud».

Examples

The cow lay in the field chewing the cud. tree →
Sheep and goats chew the cud too. tree →
Animals that chew the cud are called ruminants. tree →
A cow brings grass back up from its stomach as cud. tree →
Grandad sat on the bench chewing the cud about the old days. tree →
In old laws, animals that chew the cud were allowed as food. tree →
When he and his guests entered the courtyard, they noticed the goat tied to the post quietly chewing the cud. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «chew the cud», not «a cud». Rhymes with «mud». Do not confuse with «could».

In Jewish tradition

In the food laws, an animal must chew the cud and also have a split hoof to be clean and fit to eat.

Interpretation. Jewish law treats both signs as required for a land animal to be kosher. The rock-badger and hare are named as animals that chew the cud but lack split hooves.

Examples

And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.6, JPS 1917) tree →
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. (Torah LEV.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable: «chew the cud», not «a cud». Rhymes with «mud». Do not confuse with «could».

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «cud» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«cud» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «cud» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«cud» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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