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bud¹
- /bʌd/
Rhymes with -ʌd
Where it comes from
From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *buzdǭ (compare archaic German Butte (“rosehip”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare also German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Dutch bot (“bud”), regional German Butz, Butzen (“seed pod; apple core”), German Low German Haagbutt ("rosehip"; Haagbudden (“rosehips”, plural)).
noun buds
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A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
Similar: budset
- Something that has begun to develop. breast buds
- 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.
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Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
You got any buds?
Similar: nug, marijuana, bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha
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Marijuana.
Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?
Similar: nug, marijuana, bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha
- A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
- A pretty young girl. My pretty bud was unfolding and I was not there to see it. She was developing so rapidly, I felt I could not be from her a day without missing some sweetness that could never come again.
verb buds · budding · budded
- 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. Seeds of dissent were budding among the recruits.
- To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise. Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet, / Whither away, or where is thy abode?
- To put forth as a bud. What appeared the same to us really wasn't. Every day was different, if we looked closely enough. Like the topiary tree that finally budded a rose after Terrence died: […]
- To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree.
bud²
- /bʌd/
Rhymes with -ʌd
Where it comes from
Back-formation from buddy.
noun buds
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Buddy, friend.
I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.
Similar: babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver, china, chuck, chum
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Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
[T]hen he shrugged his shoulders and said, with admirable philosophy: "Well, that's life, ain't it, bud?"
Similar: guy, term of address for a man or person
- Brother. So I'm walking along, minding my own business, right, and suddenly I found myself trapped in a nuclear family. Oh, they were all around me, mom, dad, bud, sis.
Bud³
- /bʌd/
Rhymes with -ʌd
Where it comes from
From bud.
proper noun
- A male nickname. I remember many visits from my uncle Bud.
- A male given name from English.
Bud⁴
- /bʌd/
Rhymes with -ʌd
Where it comes from
From Budweiser.
proper noun Buds
- A Budweiser beer. I'd like a Bud, please.
BUD⁵
noun BUDs
- Initialism of benzodiazepine use disorder
- Initialism of big ugly dish I spend substantially less time fiddling with the 4dtv than I did with my HTS Premier 70, to say the least. As far as quality goes, it puts the SLD to shame. With the BUD my 53" picture is outstanding. With DTV/USSB it looked like crap.
BUD⁶
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of Budweiser.
proper noun
- AB InBev Shares of AB InBev (BUD) soared nearly 6% after the Budweiser, Bud Light and Stella Artois owner reported solid sales and earnings.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: blossom, root, weed, kali, lei, egg, ovum, pot, spliff, fox, dawg, zit, pimple, birth, button, homey
Translations
Every language
noun newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded
| Español | brote, retoño, yema, capullo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 움 um, 눈 nun, 싹 ssak, 봉오리 bong'ori |
| 日本語 | 芽 me, 蕾 tsubomi |
| 中文 | 芽 yá |
| हिन्दी | कली kalī, कोपल kopal, मुकुल mukul |
| Português | botão, rebento |
| Français | bourgeon, bouton |
| Deutsch | Knospe |
| Italiano | germoglio, boccio, virgulto, pollone, getto, bocciolo |
| Ελληνικά | οφθαλμός ofthalmós |
| Română | boboc, mugure |
| Русский | по́чка póčka, буто́н butón |
| Tiếng Việt | búp, chồi |
| العربية | بُرْعُم burʕum |
| עברית | נִצָּן nitzan |
noun small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism
| Español | yema |
|---|---|
| Français | bourgeon |
| Deutsch | Spross |
| Italiano | gemma |
| Română | mugure, mugur, boboc |
| Русский | по́чка póčka |
verb to form buds
| Español | florecer, brotar, retoñar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 움트다 umteuda, 싹트다 ssakteuda |
| Português | brotar, rebentar |
| Français | bourgeonner |
| Deutsch | knospen |
| Italiano | germogliare |
| Ελληνικά | βλασταίνω vlastaíno |
| Русский | дава́ть почки davátʹ počki |
verb to reproduce by splitting off buds
| Español | reproducirse por gemación |
|---|---|
| Français | bourgeonner |
| Русский | почковаться počkovatʹsja, отпочкова́ться otpočkovátʹsja |
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title = {bud},
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