noun Download 🔗Share A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded. Examples : "After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds." plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something that has begun to develop. Examples : "breast buds" plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism. Examples : "In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds." biology plant organism nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (usually uncountable) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the “bud”), or marijuana generally. Examples : "Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?" substance plant medicine culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud. Examples : "The farmer carefully examined the young buds, noting how their horns were just beginning to grow. " animal agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (term of endearment) A pretty young girl. Examples : ""Look at those buds giggling together; they're having so much fun at the school dance." " person human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form buds. Examples : "The trees are finally starting to bud." plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reproduce by splitting off buds. Examples : "Yeast reproduces by budding." biology plant organism Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn. Examples : "The tiny horns on the young calf's head began to bud last spring. " plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise. Examples : "Even though she was a young intern, her innovative ideas showed that she buds with potential to become a great leader. " biology plant nature age appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put forth as a bud. Examples : "The rose bush began to bud in the spring. " plant biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree. Examples : "The gardener carefully buds the rose cutting onto the stronger rootstock to create a healthier plant. " agriculture plant biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Buddy, friend. Examples : "I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night." person human family group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Used to address a male Examples : "My brother, the new buds, is excited about his first day at school. " language person word communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading