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Definition of bud verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bud

verb
 
/bʌd/
 
/bʌd/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bud
 
/bʌd/
 
/bʌd/
he / she / it buds
 
/bʌdz/
 
/bʌdz/
past simple budded
 
/ˈbʌdɪd/
 
/ˈbʌdɪd/
past participle budded
 
/ˈbʌdɪd/
 
/ˈbʌdɪd/
-ing form budding
 
/ˈbʌdɪŋ/
 
/ˈbʌdɪŋ/
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  1. to produce buds
    • The tree is already budding.
    Topics Plants and treesc2
    Word Originverb late Middle English: of unknown origin.
See bud in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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