Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
2. (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
3. A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
4. (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
5. A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
6. (dated, term of endearment) A pretty young girl.
7. (intransitive) To form buds.
8. (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.

Example Sentences

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

Among Turks, pills consisting of hemp buds, muscat nuts, saffron, and honey were a popular aphrodisiac.

breast buds

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

My pretty bud was unfolding and I was not there to see it. She was developing so rapidly, I felt I could not be from her a day without missing some sweetness that could never come again.

The trees are finally starting to bud.

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Yeast reproduces by budding.

Word Forms

• buds
• budding
• budded

Synonyms for bud

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When Should You Use Bud?

Use bud when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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