Bud Definition

bŭd

budded, budding, buds

noun

A small swelling or projection on a plant, from which a shoot, cluster of leaves, or flower develops.

Webster's New World

The stage or condition of having buds.

Branches in full bud.

American Heritage Medicine

A partly opened flower.

Webster's New World

Any undeveloped or immature person or thing.

Webster's New World

An asexually produced swelling or growth on the body of a sponge, fungus, etc. that develops into a new individual.

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verb

To put forth as a bud or buds.

Webster's New World

To begin to develop.

Webster's New World

To cause to bud.

Webster's New World

To put forth buds.

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To be young, promising, etc.

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Antonyms:
waste
wither
shrink
die

pronoun

A male nickname.

I remember many visits from my uncle Bud.

Wiktionary

(rare, chiefly US) A male given name.

Wiktionary

(informal) A nickname for the beer Budweiser.

I'd like a Bud, please.

Wiktionary

idiom

in (the) bud

in the time of budding
in a budding condition

Webster's New World

nip in the bud

to put an end to at the earliest stage

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bud

Noun

Singular:

bud

Plural:

buds

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bud

in (the) bud
nip in the bud

Origin of Bud

From Middle English budde 'bud, seedpod', from Proto-Germanic *buddōn (compare Dutch bot 'bud', German Hagebutte ‘hip, rosehip', Butzen 'seedpod', Swedish dialect bodd 'head'), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”).

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Middle English budde

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for buddy

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From buddy.

From Wiktionary
From bud.

From Wiktionary
From Budweiser.

From Wiktionary