noun

1. 1. a small swelling or projection on a plant, from which a shoot, cluster of leaves, or flower develops
   2. a partly opened flower
2. any undeveloped or immature person or thing
3. an asexually produced swelling or growth on the body of a sponge, fungus, etc. that develops into a new individual

Etymology: ME budde, bud, seedpod < IE base *bheu-: see big

intransitive verb budded bud′·ded, budding bud′·ding

1. to put forth buds
2. to begin to develop
3. to be young, promising, etc.

Etymology: < budthe

transitive verb

1. to put forth as a bud or buds
2. to cause to bud
3. to insert (a bud of a plant) into the bark of another plant