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.

Examples of "bud" in Sentences

It would be nice to get a photo of the whole tree while still “bourgeonnant” (in bud).
Now he does the same, not to protect national security, but some bud from the 'hood in Chicago.
Mental illness can lead to poverty and crime, and nipping that in the bud is a very proactive decision by the government.
The war started with big industry wanting to protect its turf, big pharma that wants to sell you their own over-priced drugs, and the drug industry that tells you it's Miller time and that green bud is not for you.
The stalks often take a curve, a twist from some current of air or some impediment, and the fine stems will turn and bend in all sorts of graceful ways, but the bud is always held erect when the time comes for it to blossom.