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Definition of 'bud'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) budde 'bud, seedpod', from (etyl) .
Noun
( wikipedia)
( en-noun)
A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
- After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds .
(usually uncountable|slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud ), or marijuana generally.
- Hey bro, want to smoke some bud ?
A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
- In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds .
A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
Synonyms
* (marijuana) nug; see also
Derived terms
* redbud
* taste bud
* bud of promise
Verb
( budd)
To form buds.
- The trees are finally starting to bud .
To reproduce by splitting off buds.
- Yeast reproduces by budding .
To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
- a budding virgin
- (Shakespeare)
Etymology 2
From (buddy).
Noun
( en-noun)
(informal) Buddy, friend.
- I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.
(informal) (used to address a male)
Synonyms
* See also
Similar to 'bud'bad, bed, bid, bead, bd, baud, bawd, bod, baed, boid, boud
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