bud
[noun]
Synonyms:
- shoot, embryo, germ, sprout
[verb]
Synonyms:
- develop, burgeon, burst forth, grow, shoot, sprout

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I. Bud noun informal
a Budweiser (=a type of beer):
Hey, would you like a Bud?

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II. Bud‧wei‧ser /ˈbʌdwaɪzəʳ/ trademark (also Bud informal)
a type of US beer

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I. bud¹ /bʌd/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Date: 1300-1400; Origin: Origin unknown. ]
[Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: buddy]

1. a young tightly rolled-up flower or leaf before it opens:
rose buds
in bud (=having buds but no flowers yet)
come into bud (=start to produce buds)

2. especially American English spoken buddy:
Hey, bud, how’s it going?
⇒ cotton bud, taste bud, ⇒ nip something in the bud at nip¹(3)

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II. bud² verb (past tense and past participle budded, present participle budding) [intransitive]
to produce buds

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bud
noun
ADJ. flower, leaf
VERB + BUD be in, come into The roses are in bud.
BUD + VERB burst, open

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bud
bʌd
See: nip in the bud

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