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budding

[buhd]

noun

Botany.

a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud), the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud), or both (mixed bud).

an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.

Zoology. (in certain animals of low organization) a prominence that develops into a new individual, sometimes permanently attached to the parent and sometimes becoming detached; gemma.

Mycology. a small, rounded outgrowth produced from a fungus spore or cell by a process of asexual reproduction, eventually separating from the parent cell as a new individual: commonly produced by yeast and a few other fungi.

Anatomy. any small rounded part.

an immature or undeveloped person or thing.

verb (used without object)

to put forth or produce buds.

to begin to develop.

to be in an early stage of development.

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verb (used with object)

to cause to bud.

10.

Horticulture. to graft by inserting a single bud into the stock.

Idioms

11.

in the bud, in an immature or undeveloped state: a Shakespeare in the bud. Also, in bud.

12.

nip in the bud, to stop (something) in the beginning of its development: The rebellion was nipped in the bud.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English budde bud, spray, pod; akin to German Hagebutte hip, Old Norse budda purse, dialectal Swedish bodd head, Dutch buidel bag, purse, Middle Low German buddich swollen

Related forms

bud·der, noun

bud·less, adjective

bud·like, adjective

non·bud·ding, adjective, noun

Can be confused: budder, butter.

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The coconut bread budding is a sweet, dense dessert.

Studying evangelicalism as a unique discipline is a new enterprise, it is still budding.

It lacks the mountains, rivers or dramatic geography that attract wealthy retirees or budding software entrepreneurs.

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The coconut bread budding is a sweet, dense dessert.

Studying evangelicalism as a unique discipline is a new enterprise, it is still budding.

It lacks the mountains, rivers or dramatic geography that attract wealthy retirees or budding software entrepreneurs.

The budding scientist learned that animal biology required too much killing for his taste.

Han is merely exhibiting the insight of a budding paleontologist.

Before leafout, twigs and budding growth is striking red.

My four year-old daughter is a budding entomologist.

These budding babies suggest companionship with all sorts of seasonal dishes.

Oxford will offer budding leaders a curriculum that is at once too broad and too narrow to be of much use.

In that moment, one budding political career leapt forward while another was damaged, perhaps fatally.

Klamath also has a budding singletrack network for mountain bikers and hikers.

Its down is grey, its feet fleshy and pink, and its budding flippers are soft as felt.

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But the budding entrepreneurs wondered what they would do if the police turned up.

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Demand for such computational power is expected to grow rapidly as the budding field of bioinformatics takes off.

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It's the latest installment in a soap opera that threatens to overshadow the budding sport.

Presumably economic incentives work on budding and established novelists as on anyone else.

Qaraton showed few if any signs of budding enterprise.

Talk to any budding entrepreneur and you soon discover, too, that local cultures matter.

Already noticed as a budding writer, he scratched an impecunious living from journalism, which he saw as a form of literature.

Egypt's budding biotechnologists are short of cash from both government and private sources.

Andrew was a budding artist who floated above this earth with his sunny disposition and happy view of life.

Designed to capture the imagination of young explorers and budding adventurers.

Budding technologies seek to turn kinetic energy created by the human body into electricity for battery-powered devices.

Drop into this gritty but groovy city for the weekend and you'll discover budding art stars.

My daughter, the budding photojournalist, takes hers everywhere.

And since every sharp shooter, from amateur to budding pro, could benefit from.

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Dangerous enemies and physics-based puzzles await, and budding level designers can churn out and share their own creations.

When local gangsters rip him off and stop his budding music venture cold, his fellow musicians decide to rob the robbers.

Such misdeeds are likely committed by budding psychopaths or teenage pranksters, she added.

Cell phones are also indispensable if inspiration should strike when the budding grime lyricist is out and about.

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In this drama, a woman tries to balance her personal responsibilities with her budding career as a musician.

And digital video seems to have made the whole process of filmmaking easier for budding auteurs.

These interviews will provide fertile ground for tomorrow's budding animators.

Another reason she's called a princess is that she's a budding beauty and seems to know.

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Especially since this book is likely to foster the curiosity of budding scientists, this is a drawback.

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World English Dictionary

budding (ˈbʌdɪŋ)

—*adj*
	at an early stage of development but showing promise or potential: a budding genius

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Word Origin & History

bud

late 14c., budde, origin unknown, perhaps from O.Fr. boter "push forward, thrust," itself a Germanic word (cf. Du. bot "bud," O.S. budil "bag, purse," Ger. Beutel), or from O.E. budd "beetle." The verb is c.1400.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

bud (bŭd)
n.

A small, rounded anatomical structure or organic part, such as a taste bud.
An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.

v. bud·ded, bud·ding, buds

To put forth or cause to put forth buds.
To reproduce asexually by forming a bud.

budding bud·ding (bŭd'ĭng)
n.
See gemmation.

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

bud

(bŭd) Pronunciation Key
Noun

A small swelling on a branch or stem, containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf, or flower. Some species have mixed buds containing two of these structures, or even all three. ◇ Terminal buds occur at the end of a stem, twig, or branch. ◇ Axillary buds, also known as lateral buds, occur in the axils of leaves (in the upper angle of where the leaf grows from the stem). ◇ Accessory buds often occur clustered around terminal buds or above and on either side of axillary buds. Accessory buds are usually smaller than terminal and axillary buds.
A small rounded outgrowth on an asexually reproducing organism, such as a yeast or hydra, that is capable of developing into a new individual. See more at budding.
A tiny part or structure, such as a taste bud, that is shaped like a plant bud.

Verb To form or produce a bud or buds.

budding

(bŭd'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
A form of asexual reproduction in living organisms in which new individuals form from outgrowths (buds) on the bodies of mature organisms. These outgrowths grow by means of mitotic cell division. Many simple multicellular animals such as hydras and unicellular organisms such as yeasts reproduce by budding.

Slang Dictionary

bud definition

[bəd]

n.
a Budweiser beer; any beer. (See also budhead.) : How 'bout one of them buds in a green bottle?

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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