spud

«spud» in Mova's school dictionary: a potato — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a spud, spuds) — informal

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A spud is a potato. tree →

2) (old, tool) A spud is a small digging tool with a narrow blade, for weeding. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday life and cooking: «Pass the spuds» at Sunday dinner. Ireland is famous for spuds in history (the Great Famine of 1845–1852 happened when potato blight destroyed the crop). Phrases: «couch potato», «jacket spud» (UK, a baked potato), «Spud» as a nickname.

examples

• Can you peel the spuds for dinner? tree →
• We had jacket spuds with beans. tree →
• Grandad grows spuds in the garden. tree →
• Mashed spuds are my favourite. tree →
• In 1845 a disease destroyed Ireland's spuds. tree →
• There's a bag of spuds in the cupboard. tree →
• My friend's nickname is Spud. tree →

note

Informal; in formal writing say «potato». Countable: spuds. Plural of potato is potatoes (with e), but spud is just spuds.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «spud» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.