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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#m1)

2) (old, tool) A spud is a small digging tool with a narrow blade, for weeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#x1)
- We had jacket spuds with beans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#x2)
- Grandad grows spuds in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#x3)
- Mashed spuds are my favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#x4)
- In 1845 a disease destroyed Ireland's spuds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#x5)
- There's a bag of spuds in the cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#x6)
- My friend's nickname is Spud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spud/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.