[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bud/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / bud # bud noun (a bud, buds); verb (bud, buds, budded, budding) «bud» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A bud is a small swelling on a plant that will open into a leaf or a flower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#m1) 2. To bud means to grow buds: the trees are budding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#m2) 3. «Bud» (informal, mostly American) is a friendly word for a friend or a boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#m3) 4. A budding artist is one who is just starting and may become good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#m4) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x1) - In spring, buds appear on the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x2) - The bud opened into a flower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x3) - My taste buds love sour sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x4) - Thanks, bud! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x5) - She is a budding scientist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x6) - Nip bad habits in the bud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x7) - Put in your earbuds to listen to music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x8) - It is a simple daisy, just bursting out of the bud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/#x9) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bud/#x1) - Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant. (Writings JOB.14.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bud/#x2) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bud/#x3) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bud/#x4) ### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bud/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bud» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bud.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bud» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bud/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bud» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bud.html) on Mova free.