bud

CEFRB2

/bʌd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small growth that can become a leaf or flower.

  2. 02

    noun

    An informal word for a friend.

Examples

  • A rose is sweeter in the bud than full blown.

  • The roses are in bud.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. Something that has begun to develop.

  3. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

More examples

In context

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

  • In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds.

  • The trees are finally starting to bud.

Synonyms

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In early spring, the gardener noticed a tiny green blank on the rose bush, ready to open into a flower.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *buzdǭ (compare archaic German Butte (“rosehip”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare also German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Dutch bot (“bud”), regional German Butz, Butzen (“seed pod; apple core”), German Low German Haagbutt ("rosehip"; Haagbudden (“rosehips”, plural)).