bud

English

/bʌd/

noun
Definitions
  • A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
  • (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
  • A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
  • (usually uncountable) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the “bud”), or marijuana generally.
  • A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
  • (dated) A pretty young girl.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English budde (bud, beetle, seed pod) derived from Proto-Germanic *buddǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰew-

Gloss

hit, grow, swell, become, strike, appear, wax, be, beat, bulge, inflate, blow

Concept
Semantic Field

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Ontological Category

Action/Process

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