English

Noun

bud (buds )

1. A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.

   After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.

2. (slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant.

   Want to smoke some bud?

3. 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.

4. (slang) Buddy .

   I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.

Related Terms

• taste bud

Translations

newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded

slang: potent cannabis

small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism

slang: buddy

Proper noun

Bud

1. A male nickname.

   I remember many visits from my uncle Bud.

2. (colloquial) A nickname for the beer Budweiser®.

   I'd like a Bud, please.

Intransitive verb

to bud (buds , budded , budding )

1. To form buds.

   The trees are finally starting to bud.

2. To reproduce by splitting off buds.

   Yeast reproduces by budding.

Translations

to form buds

to reproduce by splitting off buds