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Meanings of scud in English

Catalan
llançar-se

Run or move very quickly or hastily.

        Related terms
        llançar-se

        The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)

              Run before a gale.

                    Usage of scud in English
                    1
                    A thin scud shut out the light of the stars and moon.
                    The Golden Canyon
                    2
                    Now and then a drifting scud of rain dashed across the windows.
                    Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
                    3
                    The wind-swept hills, beaten with scud, are of course bare of trees.
                    Travels in Alaska
                    4
                    She had barely time to fill a bowl with mush, and scud.
                    The Adventures of Ann: Stories of Colonial Times
                    5
                    I released the chimney and let another arrow scud past me.
                    Act of will
                    6
                    They were alone together with the good clean wind and the bracing scud.
                    Piccadilly Jim
                    7
                    Some scud was driving at the moment across the full moon.
                    The Pilot and His Wife
                    8
                    The sky was slightly veiled with a thin scud of clouds.
                    Nature's Serial Story
                    9
                    Ferguson had no other choice than to scud before the storm.
                    Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
                    10
                    Over the gray background of wind-clouds, a fine-shredded drive was beginning to scud.
                    Darkness and Dawn
                    11
                    The scud had banked over the moon, and it was now quite dark.
                    Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
                    12
                    White, ragged clouds shredding themselves as they scud along high above the mountains.
                    The blood spilt
                    13
                    The scud, as it struck the port bow, flew like shot across the deck.
                    Ralph Granger's Fortunes
                    14
                    At the same time there was a sharp scud of rain against the window.
                    Joanna Godden
                    15
                    The wind was getting up fast, and masses of scud flew rapidly across it.
                    Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War
                    16
                    One huge talon of lightning clutched at the flying scud.
                    The Dragon Painter
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