ALL meanings of bud
bud
B b - countable noun bud A bud is a small pointed lump that appears on a tree or plant and develops into a leaf or flower. 3
- verb bud When a tree or plant is budding, buds are appearing on it or are beginning to open. 3
- vocative noun bud Some men use bud as a way of addressing other men. 3
- noun bud a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals 3
- noun bud a partially opened flower 3
- noun bud (in combination) 3
- noun bud any small budlike outgrowth 3
- noun bud something small or immature 3
- noun bud an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual 3
- verb bud (of plants and some animals) to produce buds 3
- verb bud to begin to develop or grow 3
- verb bud to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark 3
- noun bud a small swelling or projection on a plant, from which a shoot, cluster of leaves, or flower develops 3
- noun bud a partly opened flower 3
- noun bud any undeveloped or immature person or thing 3
- noun bud an asexually produced swelling or growth on the body of a sponge, fungus, etc. that develops into a new individual 3
- intransitive verb bud to put forth buds 3
- intransitive verb bud to begin to develop 3
- intransitive verb bud to be young, promising, etc. 3
- verb transitive bud to put forth as a bud or buds 3
- verb transitive bud to cause to bud 3
- verb transitive bud to insert (a bud of a plant) into the bark of another plant 3
- noun bud buddy (sense 1) 3
- noun bud unopened flower 1
- intransitive verb bud flower 1
- intransitive verb bud start to develop 1
- interjection bud term of address: friend 1
- noun bud buddy: friend 1
- noun bud Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71. 1
- noun bud marijuana 1
- noun bud Anthony, 1905–2000, English author. 1
- noun bud partially opened flower 1
- noun bud Cecil Frank, 1903–69, English physicist: Nobel prize 1950. 1
- noun bud sth small 1
- noun bud Colin [koh-lin,, kol-in] /ˈkoʊ lɪn,, ˈkɒl ɪn/ (Show IPA), born 1937, U.S. general: chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1989–96; secretary of state 2001–05. 1
- transitive verb bud plant: graft 1
- noun bud Earl (Bud) 1924–66, U.S. jazz pianist and composer. 1
- noun bud John Wesley, 1834–1902, U.S. geologist and ethnologist. 1
- noun bud Lewis Franklin, Jr. 1907–1998, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–87. 1
- noun bud Lake, an artificial reservoir on the border of SE Utah and NE Arizona, on the Colorado River, formed by the construction of a dam (Glen Canyon Dam) (completed 1964). 186 miles (300 km) long. 1
- verb without object bud to put forth or produce buds. 1
- verb without object bud to begin to develop. 1
- verb without object bud to be in an early stage of development. 1
- verb with object bud to cause to bud. 1
- verb with object bud Horticulture. to graft by inserting a single bud into the stock. 1
- idioms bud in the bud, in an immature or undeveloped state: a Shakespeare in the bud. Also, in bud. 1
- idioms bud nip in the bud, to stop (something) in the beginning of its development: The rebellion was nipped in the bud. 1
- noun bud A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded. 0
- noun bud (Slang) (usually uncountable) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud), or marijuana generally. 0
- noun bud A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism. 0