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DEFINITIONS OF:
spud
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n
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Synonyms:
Irish potato
,
murphy
,
potato
,
tater
,
white potato
Types:
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baked potato
potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven
chips
,
french fries
,
french-fried potatoes
,
fries
strips of potato fried in deep fat
home fries
,
home-fried potatoes
sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp
mashed potato
potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed
Uruguay potato
similar to the common potato
jacket potato
a baked potato served with the jacket on
Type of:
starches
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 Lycopersicon
root vegetable
any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
n
a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
Synonyms:
stump spud
Type of:
hand shovel
a shovel that is operated by hand
v
produce buds, branches, or germinate
Synonyms:
bourgeon
,
burgeon forth
,
germinate
,
pullulate
,
shoot
,
sprout
germinate
cause to grow or sprout
Type of:
grow
increase in size by natural process
v
initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
“The well was
spudded
in April”
Type of:
bore
,
drill
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
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