budding as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
bud as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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budding
noun
1 budding
Reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent.
Roget 194:
expansion;
increase of size
etc.
35;
enlargement,
extension,
augmentation;
amplification,
ampliation†;
aggrandizement,
spread,
increment,
growth,
development,
pullulation,
swell,
dilation,
rarefaction;
turgescence†,
turgidness,
turgidity;
dispansion†;
obesity
etc.
(size)
192;
hydrocephalus,
hydrophthalmus [Med.];
dropsy,
tumefaction,
intumescence,
swelling,
tumor,
diastole,
distension;
puffing,
puffiness;
inflation;
pandiculation†.
dilatability,
expansibility.
germination,
growth,
upgrowth†;
accretion
etc.
35;
budding,
gemmation†.
overgrowth,
overdistension†;
hypertrophy,
tympany†.
bulb
etc.
(convexity)
250;
plumper;
superiority of size.
[expansion of the universe]
big bang;
Hubble constant.
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adjective
1 budding
Beginning to develop.
Roget 127:
young,
youthful,
juvenile,
green,
callow,
budding,
sappy,
puisne,
beardless,
under age,
in one's teens;
in statu pupillari [Lat.];
younger,
junior;
hebetic†,
unfledged.
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bud
noun
1 bud
A partially opened flower.
Roget 153:
cause,
origin,
source,
principle,
element;
occasioner†,
prime mover,
primum mobile [Lat.];
vera causa [Lat.];
author
etc.
(producer)
164;
mainspring;
agent;
leaven;
groundwork,
foundation
etc.
(support)
215.
spring,
fountain,
well,
font;
fountainhead,
spring head,
wellhead;
fons et origo [Lat.],
genesis;
descent
etc.
(paternity)
166;
remote cause;
influence.
pivot,
hinge,
turning point,
lever,
crux,
fulcrum;
key;
proximate cause,
causa causans [Lat.];
straw that breaks the camel's back.
ground;
reason,
reason why;
why and wherefore,
rationale,
occasion,
derivation;
final cause
etc.
(intention)
620;
les dessous des cartes [Fr.];
undercurrents.
rudiment.
egg,
germ,
embryo,
bud,
root,
radix radical,
etymon,
nucleus,
seed,
stem,
stock,
stirps,
trunk,
tap-root,
gemmule†,
radicle,
semen,
sperm.
nest,
cradle,
nursery,
womb,
nidus,
birthplace,
hotbed.
causality,
causation;
origination;
production
etc.
161.
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Roget 154:
effect,
consequence;
aftergrowth†,
aftercome†;
derivative,
derivation;
result;
resultant,
resultance†;
upshot,
issue,
denouement;
end
etc.
67;
development,
outgrowth,
fruit,
crop,
harvest,
product,
bud.
production,
produce,
work,
handiwork,
fabric,
performance;
creature,
creation;
offspring,
offshoot;
firstfruits†,
firstlings;
heredity,
telegony†;
premices premises†.
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Roget 66:
beginning,
commencement,
opening,
outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation†;
introduction
etc.
(precursor)
64;
alpha,
initial;
inauguration,
debut,
le premier pas,
embarcation [Fr.],
rising of the curtain;
maiden speech;
outbreak,
onset,
brunt;
initiative,
move,
first move;
narrow end of the wedge,
thin end of the wedge;
fresh start,
new departure.
origin
etc.
(cause)
153;
source,
rise;
bud,
germ
etc.
153;
egg,
rudiment;
genesis,
primogenesis†,
birth,
nativity,
cradle,
infancy;
start,
inception,
creation,
starting point
etc.
293;
dawn
etc.
(morning)
125;
evolution.
title-page;
head,
heading;
van
etc.
(front)
234;
caption,
fatihah†.
entrance,
entry;
inlet,
orifice,
mouth,
chops,
lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon†,
door;
gate,
gateway;
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule;
propylaeum†;
skirts,
border
etc.
(edge)
231.
first stage,
first blush,
first glance,
first impression,
first sight.
rudiments,
elements,
outlines,
grammar,
alphabet,
ABC.
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Polish: pąk, pączek
2 bud
A swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals.
Dutch: scheut, knop
Polish: pąk, pączek
verb
1 bud
Develop buds.
Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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Roget 300:
insert;
introduce,
intromit;
put into,
run into;
import;
inject;
interject
etc.
298;
infuse,
instill,
inoculate,
impregnate,
imbue,
imbrue.
graft,
ingraft†,
bud,
plant,
implant;
dovetail.
obtrude;
thrust in,
stick in,
ram in,
stuff in,
tuck in,
press,
in,
drive in,
pop in,
whip in,
drop in,
put in;
impact;
empierce†
etc.
(make a hole)
260†.
imbed;
immerse,
immerge,
merge;
bathe,
soak
etc.
(water)
337;
dip,
plunge
etc.
310.
bury
etc.
(inter)
363.
insert itself,
lodge itself
&c.;
plunge in medias res.
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2 bud
Start to grow or develop.
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