bud
/bʌd/
noun
- A small growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
- The bud on the tulip stem slowly opened into a bright red flower.
- In early spring, the trees are covered with tiny green buds.
- She carefully pruned the rose bush, cutting just above a healthy bud.
- A young or undeveloped person or thing.
- The company was just a bud when he joined, but it grew into a giant.
- He saw the bud of a great idea forming in his mind.
- As a young artist, she was still a bud, full of potential.
verb
- To produce buds; to begin to grow or develop.
- The plant buds in late March, just before the frost ends.
- The cherry trees bud early in this warm climate.
- After the rain, the garden began to bud with new life.
- To graft a bud from one plant onto another.
- They learned how to bud roses in the horticulture class.
- The gardener budded the apple tree to improve its fruit.
- He budded the young sapling with a branch from a stronger tree.