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noun

ˈbəd How to pronounce bud (audio)
Definition of budnext
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
The antibody targets a protein called USAG-1, which normally suppresses the growth of latent tooth buds humans carry beneath their existing teeth. — Allison Palmer july 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026 How the Tooth Loss Drug Works Almost no one knows this, but every human carries a dormant third set of tooth buds. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 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
  1. kid
  2. flower
  3. child
  4. blossom
  5. cub
  6. bloom
  7. leaf
Noun
  • The politician started the team as a positive force for school-age kids, to keep kids in school, off drugs and out of gangs through athletic acrobatic practice and performance.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
  • These two summer nutrition programs work in concert to provide a solution to the long-standing challenge of summer hunger for kids.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2026
Definition of kid
Verb
  • Although few wait to bloom until late summer or fall, most flower continuously in warm weather from late spring until frost in almost every color available.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
  • Wimbledon's second week continues with fashion making headlines, led by Naomi Osaka, whose creative all-white ensembles, including a ruffled skirt and flower Nike jacket, transformed the court into a runway.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of flower
Noun
  • Harry's decision comes amid an ongoing security fiasco concerning the safety of Meghan Markle and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026
  • Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of child
Verb
  • What began as a Christmas gift distribution for farmworker children has now blossomed into an ongoing effort to better the lives of farmworkers by churches in San Jose.
    — Eliana Aguilar, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The connection ultimately blossomed into a close friendship that helped Neilson raise more than $300,000 for women’s Alzheimer’s research.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Definition of blossom
Noun
  • Nothing etches itself in your heart quite like the memory of watching a pack of energetic African wild dogs frolicking, a lioness and her cubs dozing on the Kalahari with your own kids tucked in close.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026
  • The bear, which appeared to be a cub, eventually climbed out and ran away without incident.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Definition of cub
Verb
  • Cheryl planted perennials at the property to bloom throughout the year.
    — David Caraccio Updated July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
  • Within days of the pool being refilled on June 9, patches of vivid green algae bloomed across the surface, particularly near the Lincoln and World War II memorials.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 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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