bud 1 (b?d)n.1. Botany a. A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped leaf, flower, or leafy shoot.b. The stage or condition of having buds: branches in full bud.2. Informal a. Flowers from a female cannabis plant, especially after being harvested and prepared for smoking or other use: bought some bud.b. A single flower of a cannabis plant, especially a female flower: when to harvest buds.3. Biology a. An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.b. A small, rounded organic part, such as a taste bud, that resembles a plant bud.4. One that is not yet fully developed: the bud of a new idea.5. An earbud.v. bud·ded, bud·ding, buds v.intr.1. To put forth or produce buds: a plant that buds in early spring.2. To develop or grow from or as if from a bud: “listened sympathetically for a moment, a bemused smile budding forth” (Washington Post).3. To be in an undeveloped stage or condition.4. To reproduce asexually by forming a bud.v.tr.1. To cause to put forth buds.2. To graft a bud onto (a plant).[Middle English budde.]bud?der n.bud 2 (b?d)n. Informal Friend; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Move along, bud.[Short for buddy.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.bud (b?d) n1. (Botany) a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals2. a. a partially opened flowerb. (in combination): rosebud. 3. (Biology) any small budlike outgrowth: taste buds. 4. something small or immature5. (Biology) an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual6. (Recreational Drugs) a slang word for marijuana7. (Botany) in bud at the stage of producing buds8. nip in the bud to put an end to (an idea, movement, etc) in its initial stagesvb, buds, budding or budded9. (Biology) (intr) (of plants and some animals) to produce buds10. (intr) to begin to develop or grow11. (Horticulture) (tr) horticulture to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark[C14 budde, of Germanic origin; compare Icelandic budda purse, Dutch buidel]bud (b?d) ninformal chiefly US short for buddyCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bud1 (b?d) n., v. bud?ded, bud?ding. n. 1. any of the small terminal bulges on a plant stem, from which leaves or flowers develop. 2. a state of putting forth buds: roses in bud. 3. a partially opened flower or leaf. 4. a prominence that emerges or branches from the main body of certain relatively simple organisms, as sponges and yeasts, and develops asexually into a new individual. 5. an immature or undeveloped person or thing. v.i. 6. to put forth or produce buds. 7. to begin to develop. v.t. 8. to cause to bud. 9. Hort. to graft by inserting a single bud into the stock. Idioms: nip in the bud, to stop (something) in the earliest stages. [1350?1400; Middle English budde, bodde] bud?der, n. bud?less, adj. bud?like`, adj. bud2 (b?d) n. buddy; friend (used in informal address to a man or boy). [1850?55, Amer.; back formation from buddy] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.bud (b?d)Noun1. A small swelling on a branch or stem, containing an undeveloped flower, shoot, or leaf.2. A partly opened flower or leaf.3. A small outgrowth on a simple organism, such as a yeast or hydra, that grows into a complete new organism of the same species.4. A tiny part or organ, such as a taste bud, that is shaped like a bud.Verb To form or produce a bud or buds.The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.budPast participle: buddedGerund: buddingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativebudbudPresentI budyou budhe/she/it budswe budyou budthey budPreteriteI buddedyou buddedhe/she/it buddedwe buddedyou buddedthey buddedPresent ContinuousI am buddingyou are buddinghe/she/it is buddingwe are buddingyou are buddingthey are buddingPresent PerfectI have buddedyou have buddedhe/she/it has buddedwe have buddedyou have buddedthey have buddedPast ContinuousI was buddingyou were buddinghe/she/it was buddingwe were buddingyou were buddingthey were buddingPast PerfectI had buddedyou had buddedhe/she/it had buddedwe had buddedyou had buddedthey had buddedFutureI will budyou will budhe/she/it will budwe will budyou will budthey will budFuture PerfectI will have buddedyou will have buddedhe/she/it will have buddedwe will have buddedyou will have buddedthey will have buddedFuture ContinuousI will be buddingyou will be buddinghe/she/it will be buddingwe will be buddingyou will be buddingthey will be buddingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been buddingyou have been buddinghe/she/it has been buddingwe have been buddingyou have been buddingthey have been buddingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been buddingyou will have been buddinghe/she/it will have been buddingwe will have been buddingyou will have been buddingthey will have been buddingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been buddingyou had been buddinghe/she/it had been buddingwe had been buddingyou had been buddingthey had been buddingConditionalI would budyou would budhe/she/it would budwe would budyou would budthey would budPast ConditionalI would have buddedyou would have buddedhe/she/it would have buddedwe would have buddedyou would have buddedthey would have buddedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011