bud

bud¹

(bŭd)

1. Botany

a. A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped leaf, flower, or leafy shoot.

b. The stage or condition of having buds: branches in full bud.

2. Informal

a. Flowers from a female cannabis plant, especially after being harvested and prepared for smoking or other use: bought some bud.

b. A single flower of a cannabis plant, especially a female flower: when to harvest buds.

3. Biology

a. An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.

b. A small, rounded organic part, such as a taste bud, that resembles a plant bud.

4. One that is not yet fully developed: the bud of a new idea.

5. An earbud.

v. bud·ded, bud·ding, buds

v.intr.

1. To put forth or produce buds: a plant that buds in early spring.

2. To develop or grow from or as if from a bud: "listened sympathetically for a moment, a bemused smile budding forth" (Washington Post).

3. To be in an undeveloped stage or condition.

4. To reproduce asexually by forming a bud.

v.tr.

1. To cause to put forth buds.

2. To graft a bud onto (a plant).

[Middle English budde.]

bud′der n.

bud²

(bŭd)

n. Informal

Friend; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Move along, bud.

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bud

(bʌd)

1. (Botany) a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

a. a partially opened flower

b. (in combination): rosebud.

3. (Biology) any small budlike outgrowth: taste buds.

4. something small or immature

5. (Biology) an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual

6. (Recreational Drugs) a slang word for marijuana

7. (Botany) in bud at the stage of producing buds

8. nip in the bud to put an end to (an idea, movement, etc) in its initial stages

vb, buds, budding or budded

9. (Biology) (intr) (of plants and some animals) to produce buds

10. (intr) to begin to develop or grow

11. (Horticulture) (tr) horticulture to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark

[C14 budde, of Germanic origin; compare Icelandic budda purse, Dutch buidel]

bud

(bʌd)

informal chiefly US short for buddy

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bud¹

(bʌd)

n., v. bud•ded, bud•ding. n.

1. any of the small terminal bulges on a plant stem, from which leaves or flowers develop.

2. a state of putting forth buds: roses in bud.

3. a partially opened flower or leaf.

4. a prominence that emerges or branches from the main body of certain relatively simple organisms, as sponges and yeasts, and develops asexually into a new individual.

5. an immature or undeveloped person or thing.

v.i.

6. to put forth or produce buds.

7. to begin to develop.

v.t.

8. to cause to bud.

9. Hort. to graft by inserting a single bud into the stock.

Idioms:

nip in the bud, to stop (something) in the earliest stages.

[1350–1400; Middle English budde, bodde]

bud′der, n.

bud′less, adj.

bud′like`, adj.

bud²

(bʌd)

buddy; friend (used in informal address to a man or boy).

[1850–55, Amer.; back formation from buddy]

bud

(bŭd)

Noun

1. A small swelling on a branch or stem, containing an undeveloped flower, shoot, or leaf.

2. A partly opened flower or leaf.

3. A small outgrowth on a simple organism, such as a yeast or hydra, that grows into a complete new organism of the same species.

4. A tiny part or organ, such as a taste bud, that is shaped like a bud.

Verb

To form or produce a bud or buds.

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bud

Past participle: budded
Gerund: budding

Imperative
bud
bud

Present
I bud
you bud
he/she/it buds
we bud
you bud
they bud

Preterite
I budded
you budded
he/she/it budded
we budded
you budded
they budded

Present Continuous
I am budding
you are budding
he/she/it is budding
we are budding
you are budding
they are budding

Present Perfect
I have budded
you have budded
he/she/it has budded
we have budded
you have budded
they have budded

Past Continuous
I was budding
you were budding
he/she/it was budding
we were budding
you were budding
they were budding

Past Perfect
I had budded
you had budded
he/she/it had budded
we had budded
you had budded
they had budded

Future
I will bud
you will bud
he/she/it will bud
we will bud
you will bud
they will bud

Future Perfect
I will have budded
you will have budded
he/she/it will have budded
we will have budded
you will have budded
they will have budded

Future Continuous
I will be budding
you will be budding
he/she/it will be budding
we will be budding
you will be budding
they will be budding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been budding
you have been budding
he/she/it has been budding
we have been budding
you have been budding
they have been budding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been budding
you will have been budding
he/she/it will have been budding
we will have been budding
you will have been budding
they will have been budding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been budding
you had been budding
he/she/it had been budding
we had been budding
you had been budding
they had been budding

Conditional
I would bud
you would bud
he/she/it would bud
we would bud
you would bud
they would bud

Past Conditional
I would have budded
you would have budded
he/she/it would have budded
we would have budded
you would have budded
they would have budded

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	bud - a partially opened flower blossom, flower, bloom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts rosebud - the bud of a rose
	2.	bud - a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud leaf bud - a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop flower bud - a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop mixed bud - a bud yielding both leaves and flowers
Verb	1.	bud - develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!" develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
	2.	bud - start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship" begin, start - have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"

bud

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bud¹

noun

1. A source of further growth and development:

2. A young person between birth and puberty:

Informal: kid.

bud²

noun

Informal. A person whom one knows well, likes, and trusts:

Translations

بُرعميُبرعم

poupěpučetpupen

knopspire

rügy

brum; blómhnappurbruma, byrja aî springa út

pradedantispumpuraspumpuruotisukrovęs pumpurus

plauktpumpurotiespumpurs

púčik

popek

knopp

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bud

(bad) noun

a shoot of a tree or plant, containing undeveloped leaves or flower(s) or both. Are there buds on the trees yet?; a rosebud.

verb – past tense, past participle ˈbudded –

to begin to grow. The trees are budding.

ˈbudding adjective

just beginning to develop. a budding poet.

in bud

producing buds. The flowers are in bud.

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