crud
English
/kɹʌd/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
- (uncountable) Something of poor quality.
- (countable) A contemptible person.
- Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
- (uncountable) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
- (uncountable) Feces; excrement.
- (uncountable) venereal Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
- (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crud derived from Old English crūdan (press).
Origin
Old English
crūdan
Gloss
press
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- bull English
- bullcrud English
- con English
- con crud English
- crudball English
- cruddily English
- cruddiness English
- cruddy English
- crudware English
- crudzine English
- cybercrud English
- zine English
- *krūdaną Proto-Germanic
- crūdan Old English
- croude Middle English
- crouden Middle English
- crowde Middle English
- crud Middle English
- cruddi Middle English
- crude Middle English
- crud sco-osc