Bud

Meaning of Bud

noun
  1. a compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
  2. cannabis.
    I found him outside, smoking some bud
verb
  1. (of a plant or animal) form a bud.
    new blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed

late Middle English: of unknown origin.

noun
  1. a friendly form of address from one boy or man to another.
    I'll tell you what, bud

mid 19th century: abbreviation of buddy.

Information about Bud

  • It's a proper name.
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Hyphenation of Bud

Bud

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • Bud is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Bud synonyms

Meaning a shoot of a plant:

sprout

Meaning a young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant:

shoot

Meaning one of the small flowers making up a composite flower head:

floret

Meaning the rudimentary shoot or stem of an embryo plant:

plumule

Meaning a bud or young shoot:

burgeon

Meaning (of a seed or spore) begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy:

germinate

Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:

swell

Meaning live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way:

vegetate

Meaning (of a person or thing) become fully grown or developed:

mature

Meaning multiply or spread prolifically or rapidly:

pullulate

Bud antonyms

Meaning (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled:

wither

Anagrams of Bud

dub

Words that rhyme with Bud

bud, redbud, debud, Junebud, rebud, Rosebud, rosebud, tastebud, leafbud, sharnbud, unbud, underbud, Gadsbud, Oddsbud, adsbud, disbud, outbud, marybud

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