# 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: /kɹʌd/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌd

### Noun

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)
* (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.
* (uncountable, figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
* (countable) A contemptible person.
* Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
* (uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
* (uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.
    Synonym: crap
* (uncountable, slang, US, military and students) 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.
* (Western Pennsylvania) Cottage cheese.

#### Derived terms

* bullcrud
* con crud
* creeping crud
* crudball
* cruddy
* crudware
* crudzine
* cybercrud

#### Translations

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### Verb

crud (third-person singular simple present cruds, present participle crudding, simple past and past participle crudded)
* (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
* Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

### Anagrams

* DURC, curd, Curd

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* crudu

### Etymology

From Latin crūdus.

### Adjective

crud m (feminine crudã, masculine plural crudz, feminine plural crudi / crude)
* raw, uncooked
    Synonym: nicoptu
    Antonym: coptu
* crude, brutal, cruel

## Middle English
### Noun

crud
* 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)
* raw; uncooked
    poysson crud ― raw fish

#### Descendants

* French: cru

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kruð/

### Noun

crud m
* Alternative form of cruth

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin crūdus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /krud/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

crud m or n (feminine singular crudă, masculine plural cruzi, feminine and neuter plural crude)
* raw, uncooked
    Synonym: necopt
    Antonym: copt
* (of fruits) unripe
    Synonym: necopt
    Antonym: copt
* brutal, cruel, barbarous
    Synonyms: brut, crunt, cumplit

#### Derived terms

* cruzime

#### Related terms

* cruditate

## Welsh
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /krɨːd/
* (South Wales) IPA: /kriːd/
* Rhymes: -ɨːd
* Homophone: cryd

### Noun

crud m (plural crudau or crudiau)
* cradle, crib
    Synonyms: cawell, cadair

#### Derived terms

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

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### 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