clouds scudding across the sky
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Scud
//skʌd//
Synonyms for "scud" (184 found)
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31 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- плавно движение noun (act of scudding)
- порив на вятъра noun (gust of wind)
- нося се verb (to race along swiftly)
Czech
4 entries- poryv noun (gust of wind)
- hnát se verb (to race along swiftly)
- letět verb (to race along swiftly)
- uhánět verb (to race along swiftly)
Finnish
4 entries- kiito noun (act of scudding)
- kiitäminen noun (act of scudding)
- puuska noun (gust of wind)
- sumupilvi noun (loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments)
Korean
3 entries- 바람에 휩쓸려 달리다 verb (to run before high wind)
- 바람을 타고 빠르게 달리다 verb (to run before high wind)
- 질주하다 verb (to race along swiftly)
Māori
1 entries- pūroro noun (clouds or rain driven by the wind)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- marflo noun (Gammarus)
- tangloppe noun (Gammarus)
Russian
4 entries- бокоплав noun (Gammarus)
- мормы́ш noun (Gammarus)
- поры́в noun (gust of wind)
- шквал noun (gust of wind)
Swedish
1 entries- märla noun (Gammarus)
Ukrainian
4 entries- плавний рух noun (act of scudding)
- порив noun (gust of wind)
- шквал noun (gust of wind)
- гнатися verb (to race along swiftly)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
When scudding on from snare to snare I plied My anxious visitation, hurrying on, Still hurrying hurrying onward ...
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From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]
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The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven […]
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