different between croud vs crud

English

Noun

croud (plural crouds)

1. Obsolete form of crowd.

Verb

croud (third-person singular simple present crouds, present participle crouding, simple past and past participle crouded)

1. Obsolete form of crowd.
   • 1798, Joanna Baillie, Count Basil, Act 4, Scene 2, p.150

     They all quit their ranks, and croud eagerly around him. Basil waving them off with his hands.

Anagrams

• Ducor, duroc

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)

1. (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
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.

Derived terms

• creeping crud
• cruddy

Translations

Interjection

crud

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

Anagrams

• Curd, curd

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crudu

Etymology

From Latin cr?dus.

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 cr?dus.

Adjective

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

1. raw; uncooked

Descendants

• French: cru

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruð/

Noun

crud m

1. Alternative form of cruth

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cr?dus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krud/

Adjective

crud m or n (feminine singular crud?, 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

Derived terms

• cruzime

Related terms

• cruditate