bud

Pluralbuds

Formsbuds, budding, budded

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A new leaf or flower on a plant before it opens.

   Like a tiny closed package that holds a flower inside.

   Look, there is a small green bud on this branch.

   The rose has three buds but no open flowers yet.

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2. 2
   nouncolloquialCanadaUScountable

   A friend or buddy.

   I'm going to the game with my buds tonight.

   Tom has been my best bud since first grade.

   Similarbuddy, chum, companion, comrade

   Oppositeenemy

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3. 3
   verbintransitive

   To start growing buds.

   The trees in our yard bud in early spring.

   Our apple tree is budding already.

   Similarsprout

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4. 4
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   Something that has only just started to grow or develop.

   Their friendship was still a bud, but it grew strong over the summer.

   The teacher nipped the teasing in the bud on the first day.

   Similarseed, germ

5. 5
   nounslangAustraliaCanadaUScountable or uncountable

   Dried flowers of the cannabis plant that people smoke, or marijuana in general.

   The police found a bag of buds in the car.

   The shop sells bud only to adults with ID.

   Similarmarijuana, cannabis, grass, herb, ganja

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6. 6
   nouncolloquialCanadacountable

   A guy, or a casual name to call a man or anyone you are talking to.

   Hey, bud, you dropped your gloves.

   That bud over there helped me fix my truck.

   Similarguy

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7. 7
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A small round growth that splits off a living thing and can become an exact copy of it.

   Like a small bubble that grows on the side of a cell and floats away as a new one.

   The yeast cell has a small bud on one side.

   Each bud can grow into a new sponge.

8. 8
   verbintransitive

   To make new living things by growing small parts that break off.

   Yeast cells bud and make new cells very quickly.

   The little sea animal budded, and soon there were two.

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9. 9
   verbtransitive

   To join two trees by putting a bud from one under the bark of the other.

   Farmers bud young orange trees to get better fruit.

   Dad budded the old pear tree with a sweeter kind.

   Similargraft

10. 10
    verbintransitive

    To start to grow, or to push out from something the way a bud does, like a horn.

    Small horns bud on a young goat's head.

    A new hope began to bud in his heart.

    Similarsprout, grow, emerge

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11. 11
    verbtransitive

    To grow something out as a bud.

    These bushes bud new leaves every spring.

    The little plant budded one yellow flower.

    Similarsprout, produce

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12. 12
    verbintransitive

    To be young and fresh, or growing and full of promise, like a bud.

    My little brother is a budding artist who draws all day.

    Their budding friendship grew stronger every week.

    Similaremerge, blossom, develop

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