bud

See also Bud, buď, and búð

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭd, IPA: /bʌd/, SAMPA: /bVd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌd

Etymology 1

From Middle English budde 'bud, seedpod', from Proto-Germanic *buddōn (compare Dutch bot 'bud', German Hagebutte hip, rosehip', Butzen 'seedpod', Swedish dialect bodd 'head'), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”).

Noun

A marijuana bud

Wikipedia bud (plural buds)

1. A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.

   After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.

2. (slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud), or marijuana generally.

   Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?

3. 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.

4. A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.

Synonyms

• (marijuana): nug; see also Wikisaurus:marijuana

Derived terms

• redbud
• taste bud

Translations

newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded

Armenian: բողբոջ (hy) (boġboǰ) Azeri: zoğ (az), pöhrə (az), cücərti (az) Bulgarian: пъпка (bg) f. Chinese: 芽 (yá) Chinese Characters: 芽 Czech: pupen (cs) m. Dutch: knop de Finnish: silmu (fi), nuppu (fi) (of a flower) French: bourgeon (fr) m., bouton (fr) m. German: Knospe (de) f. Greek: οφθαλμός (el) (ofthalmós) m. Hungarian: bimbó (hu), rügy (hu)

Italian: germoglio (it) m., boccio (it) m., virgulto (it) m., pollone (it) m., getto (it) m. Japanese: 芽 (me) Korean: 움 (um), 눈 (nun), 싹 (ssak) Latvian: pumpurs (lv) m. Romanian: boboc (ro) m. Russian: почка (póćka) m., бутон (butón) m. of a flower Spanish: brote (es) m., retoño (es) m., yema (es) f. Swedish: knopp (sv) c. Telugu: మొగ్గ (mogga) Turkish: filiz (tr), sürgün (tr) Volapük: gnob (vo), bledagnob (vo), floragnob (vo)

slang: potent cannabis

Russian: шишка (ru) (šíška) m.

Spanish: cogollo (es)

small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism

Bulgarian: пъпка (bg) f. Finnish: kuroutuma (fi) German: Spross (de) m.

Italian: gemma (it) f. Russian: почка (ru) (póćka) m.

Verb

bud (third-person singular simple present buds, present participle budding, simple past and past participle budded)

1. To form buds.

   The trees are finally starting to bud.

2. To reproduce by splitting off buds.

   Yeast reproduces by budding.

Translations

to form buds

Bulgarian: напъпвам (bg) Czech: pučet (cs) Dutch: ontluiken (nl) French: bourgeonner (fr) German: knospen Greek: βλασταίνω (el) (vlastísi)

Hungarian: bimbózik (hu), rügyezik (hu) Italian: germogliare (it) Korean: 움트다 (umteuda), 싹트다 (ssakteuda) Russian: отпочковываться (ru) (otpočkóvyvat’sja) Spanish: florecer (es), brotar (es), retoñar (es) Swedish: knoppa (sv)

to reproduce by splitting off buds

Bulgarian: пъпкувам (bg) Finnish: kuroutua (fi)

Spanish: reproducirse por gemación Swedish: delning (sv)

Etymology 2

From buddy.

Noun

bud (plural buds)

1. (informal) Buddy, friend.

   I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.

2. (informal) used to address a male

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:friend

Translations

slang: buddy

French: pote (fr) m. and f. German: Kumpel (de) m. Hungarian: haver (hu)

Italian: amico (it) Spanish: amigote (es) m.

Anagrams

• BDU
• dub

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse boð.

Noun

bud n. (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bud)

1. command
2. message
3. offer
4. bid
5. guess

Related terms

• budskab n.
• de ti bud pl.

Inflection

    Inflection of bud

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bud	buddet	bud	buddene
genitive	buds	buddets	buds	buddenes

Noun

bud n. (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bude)

1. messenger, delivery man, errand boy

Related terms

• budbringer c.

Inflection

    Inflection of bud

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bud	buddet	bude	budene
genitive	buds	buddets	budes	budenes

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʉd/

• audio

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Noun

bud n.

1. a message (also budskap)
2. a commandment (as in the Ten Commandments; also budord), a rule that must be obeyed (also påbud)
3. a bid, an offer
4. a messenger (also budbärare, sändebud)
5. someone who delivers packages or parcels (also budbil, cykelbud, paketbud)

Declension

Declension of bud

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bud	budet	bud	buden
genitive	buds	budets	buds	budens