bud

IPA: bˈʌd

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
(figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
(usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
(US, Canada, Australia, slang, usually in the plural) Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
(US, Canada, slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
(dated, term of endearment) A pretty young girl.
(informal, Canada, US) Buddy, friend.
(informal, chiefly Canadian) used to address a male
A male nickname.
(rare, chiefly Southern US) A male given name from English.
(informal) A Budweiser beer.
(pathology) Initialism of benzodiazepine use disorder.
(informal, telecommunications) Initialism of big ugly dish. [(informal, telecommunications) A C-band satellite dish used by television receive-only (TVRO) systems, ranging from 4 to 16 feet in diameter.]

(intransitive) To form buds.
(intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.
(intransitive) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
(intransitive) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
(transitive) To put forth as a bud.
(transitive) To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree.

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