buds
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/bʌdz/
English
Definitions
noun
- A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.“After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.”
- Something that has begun to develop.“breast buds”
- 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.”
- (usually uncountable) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the “bud”), or marijuana generally.“Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?”
verb
- To form buds.“The trees are finally starting to bud.”
- To reproduce by splitting off buds.“Yeast reproduces by budding.”
- To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
- To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
noun
- Buddy, friend.“I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.”
- Used to address a male
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