spud

spud

S0676000 (spŭd)n.1. Informal A potato.2. A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds.3. A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter.tr.v. spud·ded, spud·ding, spuds 1. To remove with a sharp spadelike tool.2. To begin drilling operations on: spud an oil well.

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[Middle English spudde, short knife.]

spud

(spʌd) n1. (Plants) an informal word for potato¹2. (Tools) a narrow-bladed spade for cutting roots, digging up weeds, etc3. (Tools) Also called: spudder a tool, resembling a chisel, for removing bark from treesvb, spuds, spudding or spudded4. (Agriculture) (tr) to remove (bark) or eradicate (weeds) with a spud5. (Mining & Quarrying) (intr) to drill the first foot of an oil well[C15 spudde short knife, of unknown origin; applied later to a digging tool, and hence to a potato]

spud

(spʌd)

n., v. spud•ded, spud•ding. n. 1. Informal. a potato. 2. a spadelike instrument, esp. one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds. 3. a stake for supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery. 4. a short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter. v.t. 5. to remove with a spud. [1425–75; late Middle English spudde short knife, of obscure orig.]

spud

Past participle: spudded
Gerund: spudding

Imperative
spud
spud

Present
I spud
you spud
he/she/it spuds
we spud
you spud
they spud

Preterite
I spudded
you spudded
he/she/it spudded
we spudded
you spudded
they spudded

Present Continuous
I am spudding
you are spudding
he/she/it is spudding
we are spudding
you are spudding
they are spudding

Present Perfect
I have spudded
you have spudded
he/she/it has spudded
we have spudded
you have spudded
they have spudded

Past Continuous
I was spudding
you were spudding
he/she/it was spudding
we were spudding
you were spudding
they were spudding

Past Perfect
I had spudded
you had spudded
he/she/it had spudded
we had spudded
you had spudded
they had spudded

Future
I will spud
you will spud
he/she/it will spud
we will spud
you will spud
they will spud

Future Perfect
I will have spudded
you will have spudded
he/she/it will have spudded
we will have spudded
you will have spudded
they will have spudded

Future Continuous
I will be spudding
you will be spudding
he/she/it will be spudding
we will be spudding
you will be spudding
they will be spudding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been spudding
you have been spudding
he/she/it has been spudding
we have been spudding
you have been spudding
they have been spudding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been spudding
you will have been spudding
he/she/it will have been spudding
we will have been spudding
you will have been spudding
they will have been spudding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been spudding
you had been spudding
he/she/it had been spudding
we had been spudding
you had been spudding
they had been spudding

Conditional
I would spud
you would spud
he/she/it would spud
we would spud
you would spud
they would spud

Past Conditional
I would have spudded
you would have spudded
he/she/it would have spudded
we would have spudded
you would have spudded
they would have spudded

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spud - an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of IrelandIrish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potatostarches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersiconroot vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubersbaked potato - potato that has been cooked by baking it in an ovenchips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries - strips of potato fried in deep fathome fries, home-fried potatoes - sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crispjacket - the outer skin of a potatomashed potato - potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashedUruguay potato - similar to the common potatoSolanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine, potato - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
	2.	spud - a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weedsstump spudhand shovel - a shovel that is operated by hand
Verb	1.	spud - initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"drill, bore - make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
	2.	spud - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, sprout, pullulate, shootgrow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore"germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

Translations

houepomme de terrepatata