Etymology : Middle English budde
Pronunciation : 'b&d
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. sprout, shoot; guy, fellow (Slang). sprout, grow buds. see:
marijuana. bud\bud\ , n. [oe. budde; cf. d. bot, g. butze, butz, the core of a fruit, bud, lg. butte in hagebutte, hainbutte, a hip of the dog-rose, or of. boton, f. bouton, bud, button, of. boter to bud, push; all akin to e. beat. see:
button.].
2. (bot.) a small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower.
3. (biol.) a small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached. see:
hydra.bud moth (zo?l.), a lepidopterous insect of several species, which destroys the buds of fruit trees; esp. tmetocera ocellana and eccopsis malana on the apple tree.bud \bud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. budded; p. pr. & vb. n. budding.].
4. to put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot.
5. to begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
6. to be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin.
7. A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower.
8. A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached.
9. See Hydra.
10. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot.
11. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
12. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin.
13. To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear. a partially opened flower a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship" develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!".
14. 1. A bud is a small pointed lump that appears on a tree or plant and develops into a leaf or flower. Rosanna's favourite time is early summer, just before the buds open.
15. When a tree or plant is budding, buds are appearing on it or are beginning to open. The leaves were budding on the trees below. see also:
budding, cotton bud, taste bud.
16. When a tree or plant is in bud or has come into bud, it has buds on it. The flowers are bronzy in bud and bright yellow when open. almond trees that should come into bud soon.
17. If you nip something such as bad behaviour in the bud, you stop it before it can develop very far. It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand. a Budweiser (=a type of beer). budded budding to produce buds. Small lateral or terminal protuberance on the stem of a vascular plant that may develop into a flower, leaf, or shoot. Buds arise from meristem tissue. In temperate climates, trees form resting buds that are resistant to frost in preparation for winter. Flower buds are modified leaves. Powell Bud Abbott Bud and Costello Lou budding bacteria.
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