spud
Nouns
- (n) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato,
- (n) a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds stump spud,
Verbs
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(v) initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
- The well was spudded in April
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(v) produce buds, branches, or germinate
- the potatoes sprouted