bud

B2 Topic:Gardening & Horticulture

US /bʌd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bod /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/

Freq #2941

Meanings

1

noun
A small swelling on a plant that grows into a leaf or flower

After the long winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
2

verb
To produce buds; to start to grow

The roses are just starting to bud.
3

noun
Something that is just beginning to develop

We nipped the problem in the bud before it could spread.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms buddedbuddingbuds

Derived forms abudbrudbudburstbudderbuddobuddybudlessbudletbudlikebudlingbudmothbudtender

Related forms bud-bud-ding-ding

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Phrases (1)

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taste bud
a small sensory structure involved in detecting tastes

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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nip it in the bud
to stop a problem at an early stage

Etymology

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)).

budde Middle English *budde Old English *buʀdā Proto-West Germanic *buzdǭ Proto-Germanic *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Gardening & Horticulture Plants & Agriculture

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# bud

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /bʌd/
**Frequency rank:** 2941

## Meanings
1. A small swelling on a plant that grows into a leaf or flower
2. To produce buds; to start to grow
3. Something that is just beginning to develop

## Examples
- After the long winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
- The roses are just starting to bud.
- We nipped the problem in the bud before it could spread.

## Derived Forms
- abud
- brud
- budburst
- budder
- buddo
- buddy
- budless
- budlet
- budlike
- budling
- budmoth
- budtender

## Related Forms
- bud-bud-ding-ding

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: budde
- Root: *budde
- Root: *buʀdā
- Root: *buzdǭ
- Root: *bʰew-

## Etymology
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)).

## AI Etymology
Bud comes 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)).

## Topics
- Gardening & Horticulture
- Plants & Agriculture

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