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budnoun

uk ​ /bʌd/ us ​ /bʌd/

bud noun (PLANT PART)

› [ C ] a small part of a plant, that develops into a flower or leaf

in bud

› covered with buds:

It was springtime and the fruit trees were in bud.

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bud noun (MAN)

› [ C ] US informal →  buddy noun

bud noun (DRUGS)

› [ U ] slang cannabis or marijuana

budverb [ I ]

uk ​ /bʌd/ us ​ /bʌd/ -dd-

(Definition of “bud” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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budnoun [ C ]

us ​ /bʌd/

› the part of a plant that develops into a flower or leaf

budverb [ I ]

us ​ /bʌd/ -dd-

› to produce buds:

In early spring the trees begin to bud.

(Definition of “bud” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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