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noun

ˈbəd

Definition of bud

as in kid

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood that sitcom star is still a bud, so all he needs right now are looks and personality

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verb

as in to flower

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Recent Examples of bud

Noun

Originally debuted in 2021, Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lucky Spring collection features a bevy of seasonal motifs from ladybugs to Lily of the Valley buds, delicate foliage and butterflies. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 July 2026 The company also boasts about their IPX4 water-resistance rating—which isn’t the best on the market, but definitely expected for ANC-heavy wireless buds. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 July 2026

Verb

Besides being actual royalty, the late Princess of Wales was also a budding fashion icon who naturally fit in with creative types. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 27 May 2026 From that polyp colony, free-swimming medusae bud off and develop into mature adults within a matter of weeks. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bud

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bud

Noun

Send both members of the cool-kid clique home at the same time?

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Traci, Howe said, was ready to have kids and was happy to have a man with a stable income.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

Definition of kid

Verb

In warmer years, however, flowering earlier may help plants avoid heat or water stress during critical seed production stages.

— Derek Norman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
To ensure a good harvest of fruit, remove the row covers when your plants begin to flower or hand-pollinate the blossoms with an old makeup brush or Q-tip.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 20 July 2026

Definition of flower

Noun

On January 24, 2023, Clancy fatally strangled her three children in the basement of their Duxbury home using exercise resistance bands.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
If a parent or parents have multiple children who fit the requirements, each can have their own account.

— Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of child

Verb

The lanky 26-year-old ascended the Astros’ pitching hierarchy as a starting pitcher but has blossomed into a swingman in Houston’s bullpen during his first full major-league season.

— The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Jennifer Aniston continues to be Courteney Cox’s biggest cheerleader, over two decades after Rachel Green and Monica Geller’s on-screen Friends friendship blossomed into a real-life BFF dynamic.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 23 July 2026

Definition of blossom

Noun

The unidentified woman took out a shotgun to try to scare away the adult bear and its two cubs from her dog but was attacked and hospitalized on July 9, according to the authorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Conservationists say the bears were likely taken from the wild as cubs.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

Definition of cub

Verb

The aspiring model was blooming in florals in the sculptural look, which featured a strapless bubble top paired with a sheer floor-length skirt, both of which were embroidered with purple and blue floral designs.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 18 July 2026
On a warm July afternoon near Fairbanks, a volunteer with the Alaska Bee Atlas kneels beside a patch of blooming fireweed, gently sweeping a net through the air.

— Timothy Bundy, Washington Post, 17 July 2026

Definition of bloom

Verb

Planting a leafed-out, growing hosta from a pot is identical to any other transplanting process.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
Twelve-hundred years passed in the shade of the Major Oak of Sherwood Forest before it was declared dead after failing to come to leaf.

— Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 19 June 2026

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