bud

Definition of Bud in English :

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Noun

1. bud

a partially opened flower

2. bud

a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

Verb

3. bud

develop buds

Example Sentences:
'The hibiscus is budding!'

4. bud

start to grow or develop

Example Sentences:
'a budding friendship'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bud

see synonyms of bud

noun

1.

a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

2.

a.

a partially opened flower

b.

(in combination)

rosebud

3.

any small budlike outgrowth

taste buds

4.

something small or immature

5.

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

6. a slang word for marijuana

7. in bud

8. nip in the bud

verbWord forms: buds, budding or budded

9. (intransitive)

(of plants and some animals) to produce buds

10. (intransitive)

to begin to develop or grow

11. (transitive) horticulture

to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark

noun

informal, mainly US short for buddy

Bud

see synonyms of bud

noun

1.

a.

a small swelling or projection on a plant, from which a shoot, cluster of leaves, or flower develops

b.

a partly opened flower

2.

any undeveloped or immature person or thing

3.

an asexually produced swelling or growth on the body of a sponge, fungus, etc. that develops into a new individual

verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈbudded or ˈbudding

4.

to put forth buds

5.

to begin to develop

6.

to be young, promising, etc.

verb transitive

7.

to put forth as a bud or buds

8.

to cause to bud

9.

to insert (a bud of a plant) into the bark of another plant

noun

Slang

buddy (sense 1)

used in addressing a man or boy

Bud

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n.

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).

n.
Informal

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

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