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bud

UK/bʌd/ US/ˈbʌd/ common informal slang us
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

verb

1.

develop buds

  • “The hibiscus is budding!”
2.

start to grow or develop

  • “a budding friendship”

Origin

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)).

Phrases

  • bud borer
  • bud grafting
  • bud moth
  • bud of promise
  • bud off
  • bud out
  • bud up
  • cotton bud
  • cotton wool bud
  • ear bud
  • farcy bud

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