bud en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /bʌd/
- bŭd
- (US) audio
Etymology
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)).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
Among Turks, pills consisting of hemp buds, muscat nuts, saffron, and honey were a popular aphrodisiac.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 113:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that has begun to develop.
breast buds
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(countable, uncountable) A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds.
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(Australia, Canada, US, countable, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, usually) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally. ▸ Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
You got any buds?
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(Australia, Canada, US, slang, uncountable, usually) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally. ▸ Marijuana.
Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?
- (countable, uncountable) A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
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(countable, dated, qualifier:term of endearment, uncountable) A pretty young girl.
My pretty bud was unfolding and I was not there to see it. She was developing so rapidly, I felt I could not be from her a day without missing some sweetness that could never come again.
1874, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, a Popular Journal of General Literature:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| buds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nip in the bud · leaf bud · taste bud · ods bud · cuckoobud · farcy bud · rumbud · microbud · bud borer · bud moth · lovebud · tailbud · cotton bud · cotton wool bud · bud of promise · odds bud · heifer-bud · budtender · nanobud · budburst · seed-bud · pancreatic bud · redbud · rosebud · Mary-bud · buddy · budwood · disbud · budlet · rum bud · ear-bud · interbud · sea bud · killer green bud · budmoth · tastebud · budling · endbud · debud · kind bud · budless · bud grafting · leafbud · strawberry bud weevil · kine bud · budworm · ear bud · budlike · abud
Synonyms
marijuana · dank · boo · zaza · sens · sens · sensimillia · reefer · weed · marijuana · gage · bud · Texas tea · choof · trees · shit · sweetleaf · zombie · benj · Mary Joanna · endo · bud · grass · Mary Joanna · reefer · choof · twig · marijuana · daccha · Mary Jane · zaza · hemp · cheeba · cheeba · buddha · dank · marihoochie · nug · hash · tea · tea · bhang · Mary Jane · broccoli · devil's lettuce · broccoli · sensimilla · ganja · ganja · pot · dope · weed · hash · muggle · hemp · mezz · doja · hashish · marihoochie · doobage · method · ganj · hashish · greenery · djamba · pot · yarndie · marijuana · boo · muggle · sensimilla · yarndie · puff · wacky tobaccy · sweetleaf · greenery · sensimillia · Texas tea · doja · herb · mull · green · method · doobage · nug · benj · cannabis · twig · grass · herb · wacky tobaccy · dope · budset · MJ · zombie · cannabis · endo · MJ · devil's lettuce · green · trees · bhang · puff · djamba · shit · mull · buddha · mezz · ganj · gage · daccha
Translations (158)
ko 움 (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · sq mugull (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ru по́чка (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · es brote (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl gromo (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ro boboc (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · fi kukka (slang: potent cannabis) · fi silmu (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vec buto (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ja 蕾 (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · la gemma (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · pa ਕਲੀ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ca gemma (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ro mugur (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · kmr gopik (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ko 봉오리 (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · io burjono (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · cy egin (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · la germen (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · sh пупољак (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fr bourgeon (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl xeno (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · izh pupuška (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · mt blanzun (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ja 芽 (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ru ши́шка (slang: potent cannabis) · es yema (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · nrf bourgeon (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · es cogollo (slang: potent cannabis) · et pung (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · cmn 芽 (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · te కలిక (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ce патар class dd (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · mi kao (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · nl knop (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · da knop (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl rebento (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · sq syth (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · it pollone (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · uk бру́нька (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · nb knopp (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · el οφθαλμός (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ko 눈 (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · pt botão (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · it gemma (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · sk púčik (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ru буто́н (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · de Knospe (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · izh pocka (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fr bourgeon (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · ru по́чка (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vec but (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · tr tomurcuk (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ba бөрө (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · pa ਡੋਡੀ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · hi मुकुल (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · it boccio (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl bortón (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · nn knopp (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · he נִצָּן (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · bg пъпка (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ota طومروق (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · se urbi (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · km ពន្លកផ្កា (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl gomón (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · ota طومروجاق (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · haw ʻao liko (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · te మొగ్గ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · bn কলি (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · mi ao (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · lt pumpuras (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fa غنچه (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vo gnob (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl brocho (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · sh pup (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ms tunas (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · th ตา (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ca borró (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vi búp (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · pl pączek (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ltg pupurs (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · hu bimbó (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · haw ʻōpuʻu (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ko 싹 (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · eo burĝono (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · it bocciolo (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · mi toroihi (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · sv knopp (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fr beu (slang: potent cannabis) · gl betón (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · it getto (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ro mugure (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · cy blagur (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ms putik (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · bo ཐེའུ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · es retoño (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ca gemma (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · ne कोपिला (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ceb udlot (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · tl buko (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ga bachlóg (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · as কলি (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fa حشیش (slang: potent cannabis) · gl vanga (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl casulo (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · tr sürgün (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · es capullo (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · bg пъпка (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · pt rebento (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vo bledagnob (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · hy բողբոջ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · th หน่อ (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · mr कळी (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · wa boton (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vo floragnob (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fi kukannuppu (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ota زر (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · cs pupen (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · sh pupoljak (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ka კვირტი (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · de Spross (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · az qönçə (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ro mugure (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · mk пупка (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · mnc ᠠᡵᠰᡠᠨ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · hu rügy (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · be пупы́шка (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · izh pumppu (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vi chồi (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · az tumurcuq (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · sl brst (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ceb bayuos (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · it germoglio (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · es yema (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · fi budi (slang: potent cannabis) · fi kuroutuma (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · sh пуп (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · lo ດໍ້ແດ້ (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fa بوژنه (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fr bouton (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · vo flukagnob (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · ar بُرْعُم (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · it virgulto (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · tr filiz (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · mi nihoniho (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · lad kondja (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · rar kao (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · lv pumpurs (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · bo ཁ་འབུས (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gu કળી (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · hi कली (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fa نوگل (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl gromo (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · ro boboc (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · hi कोपल (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · gl xermolo (small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism) · haw muʻo (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded) · fi nuppu (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded)