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bud (iou)



bud verb. Infl. -dd-. LME.
[from BUD noun1.]
verb intrans. Send out buds, sprout; come or push out as a bud. LME.
verb intrans. fig. Begin to grow or develop. M16.
E. Waugh Two daughters just budding into womanhood.
verb trans. & intrans. Zoology. Form (as) a bud. L16.
D. Morris It must divide and bud off a lower, second cell. D. Attenborough The polyps bud in a different way and produce miniature medusae which detach themselves and wriggle away.
verb trans. Bring into bud, cause to bud. E17.
verb trans. Horticulture. Graft a bud of (a plant) on to another plant. M17.