Main Entry: ²bud

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): bud·ded; bud·ding

Date: 14th century

intransitive verb 1 of a plant a : to set or put forth buds b : to commence growth from buds
2 : to grow or develop from or as if from a bud
3 : to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parenttransitive verb 1 : to produce or develop from buds
2 : to cause (as a plant) to bud
3 : to insert a bud from a plant of one kind into an opening in the bark of (a plant of another kind) usually in order to propagate a desired variety

— bud·der noun