MEANING
To move quickly and smoothly, especially as if driven by wind.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- clouds scud overhead
- scud across the sky
On the page
Clouds scudded across the moon, breaking the light into brief flashes.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- scud
- Past tense
- scudded
- Past participle
- scudded
- Present participle
- scudding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- scud
- Present continuous
- am/is/are scudding
- Present perfect
- have/has scudded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been scudding
- Past
- scudded
- Past continuous
- was/were scudding
- Past perfect
- had scudded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been scudding
- Future
- will scud
- Future continuous
- will be scudding
- Future perfect
- will have scudded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been scudding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: scud; scuds; scudded; scudded; scudding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: scuds.
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