Bud

Quick meaning: Bud is a noun meaning A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

Meaning

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
2. A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
3. (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
4. A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
5. (intransitive) To form buds.
6. (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.
7. (dated, term of endearment) A pretty young girl.

Example Sentences

Yeast reproduces by budding.

The trees are finally starting to bud.

In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds.

After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.

Word Forms

• buds
• budding
• budded

Synonyms for bud

Depending on context, synonyms include budset, billy, bredrin, bruv, buddo, buddy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blossom, root, weed, kali, lei, egg.

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