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Definition of Spud
1. Verb. Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum. "The well was spudded in April"
2. Noun. An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
Generic synonyms: Starches, Solanaceous Vegetable, Root Vegetable
Specialized synonyms: Baked Potato, Chips, French Fries, French-fried Potatoes, Fries, Home Fries, Home-fried Potatoes, Mashed Potato, Uruguay Potato
Terms within: Jacket
Group relationships: Potato, Solanum Tuberosum, White Potato, White Potato Vine
3. Verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate. "The potatoes sprouted"
Generic synonyms: Grow
Related verbs: Germinate
Derivative terms: Germ, Germination, Pullulation, Shoot, Sprout, Sprout, Sprouting
4. Noun. A sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds.
Definition of Spud
1. n. A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
2. n. A potato.
Definition of Spud
1. Noun. A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A potato. ¹
3. Noun. A hole in a sock. ¹
4. Verb. To begin drilling an oil well. ¹
5. Verb. (context: roofing) To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping. ¹
6. Verb. (context: OE chat) To be asleep in chat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spud
1. to remove with a spade-like tool [v SPUDDED, SPUDDING, SPUDS]
Medical Definition of Spud
1. A triangular knife used for removing foreign bodies from the cornea. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spud
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