Main Entry:

²bud

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

bud·ded; bud·ding

Date:

14th century

intransitive verb1of a plant a: to set or put forth buds b: to commence growth from buds2: to grow or develop from or as if from a bud3: to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parenttransitive verb1: to produce or develop from buds2: to cause (as a plant) to bud3: 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