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noun
1.
See under 1 (def 1a).
[buhd] /bʌd/
noun
1.
Botany.

2.
Zoology. (in certain animals of low organization) a prominence that develops into a new individual, sometimes permanently attached to the parent and sometimes becoming detached; gemma.
3.
Mycology. a small, rounded outgrowth produced from a fungus spore or cell by a process of asexual reproduction, eventually separating from the parent cell as a new individual: commonly produced by yeast and a few other fungi.
4.
Anatomy. any small rounded part.
5.
an immature or undeveloped person or thing.
6.
Slang. marijuana, especially potent marijuana from the buds, or flowering tops, of the hemp plant.
verb (used without object), budded, budding.
7.
to put forth or produce buds.
8.
to begin to develop.
9.
to be in an early stage of development.
verb (used with object), budded, budding.
10.
to cause to bud.
11.
Horticulture. to graft by inserting a single bud into the stock.
Idioms
12.
in the bud, in an immature or undeveloped state:
a Shakespeare in the bud.
Also, in bud.
13.
nip in the bud, to stop (something) in the beginning of its development:
The rebellion was nipped in the bud.
/bʌd/
noun
1.
a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
2.

3.
any small budlike outgrowth: taste buds
4.
something small or immature
5.
an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual
6.
a slang word for marijuana
7.
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
verb buds, budding, budded
9.
(intransitive) (of plants and some animals) to produce buds
10.
(intransitive) to begin to develop or grow
11.
(transitive) (horticulture) to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark
/bʌd/
noun
1.
(informal, mainly US) short for buddy
n.

late 14c., budde, origin unknown, perhaps from Old French boter “push forward, thrust,” itself a Germanic word (cf. Dutch bot “bud,” Old Saxon budil “bag, purse,” German Beutel), or perhaps from Old English budd “beetle.”
v.

c.1400; see bud (n.). Related: Budded; budding.

bud (bŭd)
n.

v. bud·ded, bud·ding, buds

bud
(bŭd)
Noun

Verb To form or produce a bud or buds.

noun

[fr buddy, a childish pronunciation of brother]

noun

Marijuana: There was no pain yet, just numbness, kind of like smoking bud

[1980s+ Teenagers; fr Budda, Buddha sticks, earlier terms for marijuana]
Budweiser [beer]
Ferihegy Airport (Budapest, Hungary)
see: nip in the bud