"spud" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

An edible tuber native to South America;
A staple food of Ireland (synset 107726361)
is a 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
subtypes:
- 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
has: jacket - the outer skin of a potato

is a part of: potato, solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

same as: irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato
A sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds (synset 104297102)
is a type of: hand shovel - a shovel that is operated by hand

same as: stump spud

Verb

Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum (synset 201446109)
"The well was spudded in April"

is a type of: bore, drill - make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Produce buds, branches, or germinate (synset 200357986)
"the potatoes sprouted"

is a type of: grow - increase in size by natural process

same as: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout

verb group: germinate - cause to grow or sprout