bud

== Translingual == === Symbol === bud (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ntcham. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ntcham terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bŭd, IPA(key): /bʌd/ Rhymes: -ʌd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *buzdǭ (compare archaic German Butte (“rosehip”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare also German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Dutch bot (“bud”), regional German Butz, Butzen (“seed pod; apple core”), German Low German Haagbutt ("rosehip"; Haagbudden (“rosehips”, plural)). ==== Noun ==== bud (countable and uncountable, plural buds) A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded. Synonym: budset (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop. A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism. (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally. Synonyms: nug, marijuana; see also Thesaurus:marijuana (US, Canada, Australia, slang, usually in the plural) Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked. (US, Canada, Australia, slang, uncountable) Marijuana. A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud. (dated, term of endearment) A pretty young girl. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bud (third-person singular simple present buds, present participle budding, simple past and past participle budded) (intransitive) To form buds. (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds. (intransitive) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn. (intransitive) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise. (transitive) To put forth as a bud. (transitive) To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from buddy. ==== Noun ==== bud (plural buds) (informal, Canada, US) Buddy, friend. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend (informal, chiefly Canada) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person. (informal, rare) Brother. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === bud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === See also === bud-bud-ding-ding === Anagrams === BDU, DBU, DUB, Dub, Dub., dub == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bud penis == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *būt. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bud (definite accusative budu, plural budlar) (now dated) thigh Synonym: omba gammon rump (a cut of meat from the rump of an animal) chicken drumstick ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bud” in Obastan.com. == Chinese == === Alternative forms === 筆 / 笔 (bat1) === Etymology === From clipping of English budget. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bud (Hong Kong Cantonese) budget === See also === budget == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbut] Rhymes: -ut === Noun === bud genitive plural of bouda === Anagrams === dub == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish buth n, from Old East Norse buð n, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈb̥uð] Rhymes: -uð === Noun === bud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bud) command message offer bid guess ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== budskab n de ti bud c pl === Noun === bud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bude) messenger delivery man, courier ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== budbringer c === References === “bud” in Den Danske Ordbog “bud” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish boð, from Old Danish buth, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *budą. === Noun === bud n (definite singular budet, indefinite plural bud, definite plural buda or budene) a bid or offer (to buy) a command, order a commandment (e.g. Ten Commandments) a message a messenger, courier ==== Derived terms ==== budbringer budbærer postbud sendebud === See also === bod (Nynorsk) === References === “bud” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === bud f (definite singular budi, indefinite plural buder, definite plural buderne) (pre-1917 or dialectal, Sunnmøre) alternative form of bu ==== Declension ==== == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbut/ Rhymes: -ut Syllabification: bud Homophone: but === Noun === bud f genitive plural of buda == Scots == === Alternative forms === budd, bude === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʌd/ === Noun === bud (plural buds) (16th-century, archaic, poetic) A bribe or reward. === Verb === bud (third-person singular simple present buds, present participle budin, simple past and past participle budt) (archaic) Must, had to. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish buþ, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Danish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʉːd/ Rhymes: -ʉːd === Noun === bud n a message (also budskap) a commandment (as in the Ten Commandments; also budord), a rule that must be obeyed (also påbud) a bid, an offer (also anbud) a messenger (also budbärare, sändebud) someone who delivers packages or parcels (also budbil, cykelbud, paketbud) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hårda bud till buds === References === “bud”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bud”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “bud”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Volapük == === Proper noun === bud Buddhism ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== budan budik