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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bud \Bud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Budding.]
     1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a
        bud does, into a flower or shoot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner
        of a bud, as a horn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or
        growth and promise; as, a budding virgin. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To sprout; germinate; blossom.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Budding \Bud"ding\, n.
     1. The act or process of producing buds.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new
        organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of
        the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed
        sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell,
        at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon
        another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Budding \Bud"ding\, n.
     1. The act or process of producing buds.
  
     2. (Biol.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new
        organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of
        the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed
        sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell,
        at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea.
  
     3. The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon
        another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bud \Bud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Budding.]
     1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a
        bud does, into a flower or shoot.
  
     2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner
        of a bud, as a horn.
  
     3. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or
        growth and promise; as, a budding virgin. --Shak.
  
     Syn: To sprout; germinate; blossom.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bud
       n 1: a partially opened flower
       2: a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping
          immature leaves or petals
       v 1: develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"
       2: start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship"
       [also: budding, budded]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  budding
       adj : beginning to develop; "a budding genius"
       n : reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts)
           by growth and specialization followed by the separation
           by constriction of a part of the parent

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  budding
       See bud

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  budding
     Αγγλικά a.
     (ετ μτφρ en) εκκολαπτόμενος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  budding
     Danish n.
     pudding (gelatinous dessert)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  budding
     a.
     Beginning to develop.
     n.
     1 (lb en horticulture) The practice of uniting a single scion bud
  with rootstock or bark.
     2 (lb en horticulture) The result of this practice.
     vb.
     (present participle of en bud nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  budding
     Danish n.
     pudding (gelatinous dessert)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  budding
     Danish n.
     pudding (gelatinous dessert)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  budding
     Englanti a.
     aloitteleva
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b ud ding)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  budding
     Engelska a.
     1 som är i början på en utvecklingsfas; spirande
     2 (avledning en bud ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb bud)

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]


  budding /bˈʔuðʔeŋ/ 
  pudding

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Budding /bˈʌdɪŋ/
  الإزهار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  budding //ˈbʌdiŋ// 
  обещаващ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  budding /bˈʌdɪŋ/ 
  pučící

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  budding /bˈʌdɪŋ/ 
  pučení