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bud 1
(bŭd)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).
[Middle English budde.]
bud′der n.
bud 2
(bŭd)n. Informal
Friend; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Move along, bud.
[Short for buddy.]
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bud
(bʌd)n
1. (Botany) a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
2.
a. a partially opened flower
b. (in combination): rosebud.
3. (Biology) any small budlike outgrowth: taste buds.
4. something small or immature
5. (Biology) an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual
6. (Recreational Drugs) a slang word for marijuana
7. (Botany) in bud at the stage of producing buds
8. nip in the bud to put an end to (an idea, movement, etc) in its initial stages
vb, buds, budding or budded
9. (Biology) (intr) (of plants and some animals) to produce buds
10. (intr) to begin to develop or grow
11. (Horticulture) (tr) horticulture to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark
[C14 budde, of Germanic origin; compare Icelandic budda purse, Dutch buidel]
bud
(bʌd)n
informal chiefly US short for buddy
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bud1
(bʌd)n., v. bud•ded, bud•ding. n.
1. any of the small terminal bulges on a plant stem, from which leaves or flowers develop.
2. a state of putting forth buds: roses in bud.
3. a partially opened flower or leaf.
4. a prominence that emerges or branches from the main body of certain relatively simple organisms, as sponges and yeasts, and develops asexually into a new individual.
5. an immature or undeveloped person or thing.
v.i. 6. to put forth or produce buds.
7. to begin to develop.
v.t. 8. to cause to bud.
9. Hort. to graft by inserting a single bud into the stock.
Idioms: nip in the bud, to stop (something) in the earliest stages.
[1350–1400; Middle English budde, bodde]
bud′der, n.
bud′less, adj.
bud′like`, adj.
bud2
(bʌd)n.
buddy; friend (used in informal address to a man or boy).
[1850–55, Amer.; back formation from buddy]
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bud
(bŭd)Noun
1. A small swelling on a branch or stem, containing an undeveloped flower, shoot, or leaf.
2. A partly opened flower or leaf.
3. A small outgrowth on a simple organism, such as a yeast or hydra, that grows into a complete new organism of the same species.
4. A tiny part or organ, such as a taste bud, that is shaped like a bud.
Verb
To form or produce a bud or buds.
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bud
Past participle: budded
Gerund: budding
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Noun | 1. | bud - a partially opened flower blossom, flower, bloom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts rosebud - the bud of a rose |
2. | bud - a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud leaf bud - a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop flower bud - a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop mixed bud - a bud yielding both leaves and flowers | |
Verb | 1. | bud - develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!" develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time" |
2. | bud - start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship" |
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bud
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Translations
بُرعميُبرعم
poupěpučetpupen
knopspire
rügy
brum; blómhnappurbruma, byrja aî springa út
pradedantispumpuraspumpuruotisukrovęs pumpurus
plauktpumpurotiespumpurs
púčik
popek
knopp
bud
1 [bʌd]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bud
[ˈbʌd] n [tree, plant] → bourgeon m
to be in bud [tree, plant] → bourgeonner
to come into bud [tree, plant] → bourgeonner
to be in bud [tree, plant] → bourgeonner
to come into bud [tree, plant] → bourgeonner
[flower] → bouton m
to nip sth in the bud → étouffer qch dans l'œuf
vi → bourgeonner
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bud
1Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bud
[bʌd]1. n (of flower) → bocciolo, boccio; (on tree, plant) → gemma, germoglio
to be in bud (flower) → essere in boccio (tree) → germogliare
to be in bud (flower) → essere in boccio (tree) → germogliare
2. vi (plant, tree) → germogliare, mettere le gemme; (flower) → sbocciare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bud
(bad) noun a shoot of a tree or plant, containing undeveloped leaves or flower(s) or both. Are there buds on the trees yet?; a rosebud.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈbudded – to begin to grow. The trees are budding.
ˈbudding adjective just beginning to develop. a budding poet.
in bud producing buds. The flowers are in bud.
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bud
n. brote, retoño.
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