bud
A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfoldedA newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
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» We should nip this in the bud.
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Examples
89 sentencesWe should nip this in the bud.
We need to nip this in the bud.
You need to nip this in the bud right now.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
Knospe
по́чкаpóčka, буто́нbutón
бру́нькаbrúnʹka
(Canada, US, informal)Buddy, friend.
I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.
Kumpel
приятельprijatelʹ
(countable, uncountable)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.
Spross
по́чкаpóčka
More meanings 7
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something that has begun to develop.
breast buds
(countable, uncountable)A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
(Canada, informal)Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
(Australia, Canada, US, countable, usually plural, slang, uncountable, usually)Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
You got any buds?
(Australia, Canada, US, slang, uncountable, usually)Marijuana.
Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?
ши́шкаšíška
(countable, dated, uncountable)A pretty young girl.
(informal, rare)Brother.
- a partially opened flower
- a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
Origin
From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-WeFrom 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)).
Back-formation from buddy.
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Forms
plural: budsSynonyms
102 synonymsWord family
39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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