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CRUD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crud mean?
• CRUD (noun)
The noun CRUD has 3 senses:
1. heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
2. any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
3. an ill-defined bodily ailment
Familiarity information: CRUD used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("crud" is a kind of...):
snow (a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("crud" is a kind of...):
waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An ill-defined bodily ailment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
he said he had the crud and needed a doctor
Hypernyms ("crud" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
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