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cruds

cruds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crud.

cruds is the plural of crud.

Meaning of crud

Verb

crud (third-person singular simple present cruds, present participle crudding, simple past and past participle crudded)

  1. (transitive) To clog with dirt or debris.
    • The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203

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Questions about cruds

What is cruds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cruds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crud.

Words near cruds in the dictionary

  1. crudling
  2. crudload
  3. crudloads
  4. crudo
  5. crudos
  6. cruds
  7. crudscape
  8. crudscapes
  9. Crudup
  10. Crudups
  11. crudware

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