bud
noun (a bud, buds); verb (bud, buds, budded, budding)
Everyday
- A bud is a small swelling on a plant that will open into a leaf or a flower. tree →
- To bud means to grow buds: the trees are budding. tree →
- «Bud» (informal, mostly American) is a friendly word for a friend or a boy. tree →
- A budding artist is one who is just starting and may become good. tree →
In the lessons
In science, buds appear in spring; a flower bud opens into a flower, which can make seeds; some tiny living things like yeast reproduce by budding. Taste buds are tiny parts of your tongue that sense flavours (sweet, sour, salty, bitter). Phrases: taste buds, nip it in the bud (stop a problem early), in bud, earbuds.
Examples
- The rose has three buds. tree →
- In spring, buds appear on the trees. tree →
- The bud opened into a flower. tree →
- My taste buds love sour sweets. tree →
- Thanks, bud! tree →
- She is a budding scientist. tree →
- Nip bad habits in the bud. tree →
- Put in your earbuds to listen to music. tree →
- It is a simple daisy, just bursting out of the bud. tree →
Note
Countable. Short for «buddy» when it means a friend (informal). Do not confuse with bug or butt. «Taste buds» are always plural in everyday use.
In Jewish tradition
In the Torah Aaron's rod budded to show that God had chosen the tribe of Levi for the priesthood. Job uses the bud as a picture of hope, since even a cut tree may bud again at the scent of water, and Ezekiel says that "arrogancy hath budded".
Interpretation. Tradition sees the budding almond rod as a miracle that ended the people's complaints, and a sign that priesthood is given by God. The rabbis read Job's budding tree as a hope for renewal, and Ezekiel's budding pride as a sign that wrong grows until it is ripe for judgment.
Examples
- And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud; and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.' (Torah NUM.17.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant. (Writings JOB.14.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold the day; behold, it cometh; the turn is come forth; the rod hath blossomed, arrogancy hath budded. (Prophets EZK.7.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? (Writings JOB.38.27, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Countable. Short for «buddy» when it means a friend (informal). Do not confuse with bug or butt. «Taste buds» are always plural in everyday use.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «bud» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «bud» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «bud» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «bud» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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