bud

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Inflection 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Related terms 2.3.2 Inflection 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Origin uncertain.

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• enPR: bŭd, IPA: /bʌd/, SAMPA: /bVd/
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  Rhymes: -ʌd

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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.

   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. (informal) Buddy.

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

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

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• See also Wikisaurus:friend

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• redbud
• taste bud

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to 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.

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• dub

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse boð.

[edit] Noun

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

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

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• budskab n.
• de ti bud pl.

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

1. messenger, delivery man, errand boy

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• budbringer c.

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Inflection for bud	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bud	budet	bud	buden
Genitive	buds	budets	buds	budens

bud n.

1. message
2. messenger
3. someone who delivers packages or parcels
4. offer, bid