Beginning to develop.

(horticulture) The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark / (horticulture) The result of this practice.

present participle of bud

plural of budding

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded. / (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.

(intransitive) To form buds. / (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds. / (intransitive) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.

(informal, Canada, US) Buddy, friend. / (informal, chiefly Canadian) used to address a male

A male nickname. / (rare, chiefly Southern US) A male given name from English.

(informal) A Budweiser beer.

plural of bud