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English noun: spud | |||
| 1. | spud (food) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | ||
| Synonyms | Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | root vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, starches | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baked potato, chips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, home fries, home-fried potatoes, mashed potato, Uruguay potato | ||
| Part holonym | jacket | ||
| Part meronym | potato, Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine | ||
| 2. | spud (artifact) a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds | ||
| Synonyms | stump spud | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hand shovel | ||
English verb: spud | |||
| 1. | spud (contact) initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum | ||
| Samples | The well was spudded in April. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bore, drill | ||
| 2. | spud (change) produce buds, branches, or germinate | ||
| Samples | The potatoes sprouted. | ||
| Synonyms | bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| Verb group | germinate | ||
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