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 

• CRUD (noun)

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:

crud; filth; skank

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)