bud
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: bŭd, IPA(key): /bʌd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌd
Etymology 1
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From Middle English budde (“bud, seed pod”), from Proto-Germanic *buddǭ (compare Dutch bot (“bud”), German Hagebutte (“hip, rosehip”), regional German Butzen (“seed pod”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”).
Noun
bud (countable and uncountable, plural buds)
- A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
- Synonym: budset
- After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
- (figuratively) 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, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
- Synonyms: nug, marijuana; see also Thesaurus:marijuana
- Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?
- A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
- (dated, term of endearment) A pretty young girl.
- 1874, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, a Popular Journal of General Literature
- 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
Derived terms
- buddy
- bud moth
- bud of promise
- cotton bud
- cotton wool bud
- ear bud
- ear-bud
- farcy-bud
- killer green bud
- kind bud
- kine bud
- leaf bud
- Mary-bud
- nip in the bud
- odds bud
- ods bud
- redbud
- rum bud
- seed-bud
- taste bud
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Verb
bud (third-person singular simple present buds, present participle budding, simple past and past participle budded)
- (intransitive) To form buds.
- The trees are finally starting to bud.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Numbers 17:8:
- And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
- (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.
- Yeast reproduces by budding.
- (intransitive) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
- (intransitive) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet, / Whither away, or where is thy abode?
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- (transitive) To put forth as a bud.
- 2013, Julie Brown, The Brownstone (page 263)
- What appeared the same to us really wasn't. Every day was different, if we looked closely enough. Like the topiary tree that finally budded a rose after Terrence died: […]
- 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
- Once, he was put on a course of potent hormone pills, coming off them when he woke up one morning to discover he was budding breasts
- 2013, Julie Brown, The Brownstone (page 263)
- (transitive) To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree.
Derived terms
- bud off
- bud out
- bud up
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Etymology 2
Back-formation from buddy.
Noun
bud (plural buds)
- (informal, Canada, US) Buddy, friend.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
- I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.
- 2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 4 November 2019:
- Anna's best bud, John (Malcolm Cumming), harbors a secret crush on her, which is indicative of the lazier, more derivative portions of the story that simply repeat tropes rather than comment on them.
- (informal, chiefly Canadian) used to address a male
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 87:
- [T]hen he shrugged his shoulders and said, with admirable philosophy: "Well, that's life, ain't it, bud?"
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Further reading
bud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
- bud-bud-ding-ding
Anagrams
- BDU, DBU, DUB, Dub, Dub., dub
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *būt.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
bud (definite accusative budu, plural budlar)
- (now dated) thigh
- Synonym: omba
- gammon
- rump (a cut of meat from the rump of an animal)
- chicken drumstick
Declension
Declension of bud | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | bud | budlar | ||||||
definite accusative | budu | budları | ||||||
dative | buda | budlara | ||||||
locative | budda | budlarda | ||||||
ablative | buddan | budlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | budun | budların |
Possessive forms of bud | ||||||||
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nominative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | budum | budlarım | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | budun | budların | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | budu | budları | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | budumuz | budlarımız | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | budunuz | budlarınız | ||||||
onların (“their”) | budu or budları | budları | ||||||
accusative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | budumu | budlarımı | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | budunu | budlarını | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | budunu | budlarını | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | budumuzu | budlarımızı | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | budunuzu | budlarınızı | ||||||
onların (“their”) | budunu or budlarını | budlarını | ||||||
dative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | buduma | budlarıma | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | buduna | budlarına | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | buduna | budlarına | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | budumuza | budlarımıza | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | budunuza | budlarınıza | ||||||
onların (“their”) | buduna or budlarına | budlarına | ||||||
locative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | budumda | budlarımda | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | budunda | budlarında | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | budunda | budlarında | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | budumuzda | budlarımızda | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | budunuzda | budlarınızda | ||||||
onların (“their”) | budunda or budlarında | budlarında | ||||||
ablative | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | budumdan | budlarımdan | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | budundan | budlarından | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | budundan | budlarından | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | budumuzdan | budlarımızdan | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | budunuzdan | budlarınızdan | ||||||
onların (“their”) | budundan or budlarından | budlarından | ||||||
genitive | ||||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
mənim (“my”) | budumun | budlarımın | ||||||
sənin (“your”) | budunun | budlarının | ||||||
onun (“his/her/its”) | budunun | budlarının | ||||||
bizim (“our”) | budumuzun | budlarımızın | ||||||
sizin (“your”) | budunuzun | budlarınızın | ||||||
onların (“their”) | budunun or budlarının | budlarının |
Further reading
- “bud” in Obastan.com.
Chinese
Etymology
From clipping of English budget.
Pronunciation
Noun
bud
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) budget
See also
- budget
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbut]
- Rhymes: -ut
Noun
bud
- genitive plural of bouda
Anagrams
- dub
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish buth n, from Old East Norse buð n, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈb̥uð]
- Rhymes: -uð
Noun
bud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bud)
- command
- message
- offer
- bid
- guess
Inflection
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bud | buddet | bud | buddene |
genitive | buds | buddets | buds | buddenes |
Related terms
- budskab n
- de ti bud c pl
Noun
bud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bude)
- messenger
- delivery man, errand boy (of any gender)
Inflection
neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bud | buddet | bude | budene |
genitive | buds | buddets | budes | budenes |
Related terms
- budbringer c
References
- “bud” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish boð, from Old Danish buth, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *budą.
Noun
bud n (definite singular budet, indefinite plural bud, definite plural buda or budene)
- a bid or offer (to buy)
- a command, order
- a commandment (e.g. Ten Commandments)
- a message
- a messenger, courier
Derived terms
- budbringer
- budbærer
- postbud
- sendebud
See also
- bod (Nynorsk)
References
- “bud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bud f (definite singular budi, indefinite plural buder, definite plural buderne)
- (pre-1917 or dialectal, Sunnmøre) alternative form of bu
Declension
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative-accusative | bud | budi | buder | buderna |
dative | ― | budenne | ― | budom |
compound-genitive | budar- | ― | ― | ― |
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative-accusative | bud | buda | bude | budinnje |
dative | ― | budinnje | ― | budå |
compound-genitive | buda- | ― | ― | ― |
Scots
Alternative forms
- budd, bude
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌd/
Noun
bud (plural buds)
- (16th-century, archaic, poetic) A bribe or reward.
Verb
bud (third-person singular simple present buds, present participle budin, simple past budt, past participle budt)
- (archaic) Must, had to.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish buþ, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Danish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʉd/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːd
Noun
bud n
- a message (also budskap)
- a commandment (as in the Ten Commandments; also budord), a rule that must be obeyed (also påbud)
- a bid, an offer (also anbud)
- a messenger (also budbärare, sändebud)
- someone who delivers packages or parcels (also budbil, cykelbud, paketbud)
Declension
Declension of bud | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bud | budet | bud | buden |
Genitive | buds | budets | buds | budens |
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulud.
Noun
būd
- mountain
Derived terms
- mabud
Volapük
Proper noun
bud
- Buddhism
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | bud |
genitive | buda |
dative | bude |
accusative | budi |
predicative | budu |
vocative | obud! |
Derived terms
- budan
- budik