Meaning of Bud | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male nickname.
2. A Budweiser beer.
   informal
3. Buddy, friend.
   Canada, US, informal
4. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
   countable, uncountable
5. Initialism of benzodiazepine use disorder.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
6. AB InBev
7. A male given name from English.
   Southern-US, rare
8. Something that has begun to develop.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
9. Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
   Canada, informal
10. Initialism of big ugly dish.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable
11. A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
    countable, uncountable
12. Brother.
    informal, rare
13. Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
    Australia, Canada, US, countable, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, usually
14. Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
    Australia, Canada, US, countable, plural-normally, slang, uncountable, usually
15. Marijuana.
    Australia, Canada, US, slang, uncountable, usually
16. A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
    countable, uncountable
17. A pretty young girl.
    countable, dated, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.”

“Among Turks, pills consisting of hemp buds, muscat nuts, saffron, and honey were a popular aphrodisiac.”

“breast buds”

“In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds.”

“You got any buds?”

“Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?”

“My pretty bud was unfolding and I was not there to see it. She was developing so rapidly, I felt I could not be from her a day without missing some sweetness that could never come again.”

“I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.”

“Anna's best bud, John (Malcolm Cumming), harbors a secret crush on her, which is indicative of the lazier, more derivative portions of the story that simply repeat tropes rather than comment on them.”

“[T]hen he shrugged his shoulders and said, with admirable philosophy: "Well, that's life, ain't it, bud?"”

“So I'm walking along, minding my own business, right, and suddenly I found myself trapped in a nuclear family. Oh, they were all around me, mom, dad, bud, sis.”

“I remember many visits from my uncle Bud.”

“I'd like a Bud, please.”

“I spend substantially less time fiddling with the 4dtv than I did with my HTS Premier 70, to say the least. As far as quality goes, it puts the SLD to shame. With the BUD my 53" picture is outstanding. With DTV/USSB it looked like crap.”

“Shares of AB InBev (BUD) soared nearly 6% after the Budweiser, Bud Light and Stella Artois owner reported solid sales and earnings.”

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