Synonym: develop, flourish, sprout. Similar words: budget, buddy, buddhism. Meaning: [bʌd] 
n. 1. a partially opened flower 2. a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals. v. 1. develop buds 2. start to grow or develop.
n. 1. a partially opened flower 2. a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals. v. 1. develop buds 2. start to grow or develop. 
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(1) The plants began to bud in early April.
(2) Bud has invited us to go sailing this weekend.
(3) Six months after Bud died, the house burned down.
(4) The bud develops into a flower.
(5) Many serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud if they are detected early enough.
(6) Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond.
(7) Where the hell was Bud, anyhow?
(8) Her genius began to bud at an early age.
(9) Bud got into trouble for blowing off the meeting.
(10) Hey, bud, how's it going?
(11) Listen, bud, enough of the wisecracks, OK?
(12) Hey, would you like a Bud?
(13) The magnolia tree is in bud already.
(14) A blossom develops from a bud.
(15) Smudge the outline using a cotton-wool bud.
(16) The roses are in bud.
(17) When the fruit trees are in bud or blossom, frosts may damage the crops.
(18) The flowers are bronzy in bud and bright yellow when open.
(19) Bud insisted he drive us home.
(20) Remove any blobs with a damp cotton bud.
(21) It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
(22) It was springtime and the fruit trees were in bud.
(23) The scheme to allow all pensioners a free travel pass was nipped in the bud by the government, who said it would cost too much. Sentencedict.com
(24) That weekend in Plattsburgh, he convinced her to go ahead and marry Bud.
(25) I do not want drugs in this school. It's essential that we nip the problem in the bud so I want a meeting with all the parents next week.
(26) Try to nip this kind of bad behaviour in the bud.
(27) The unusually cold winter has caused many plants to bud late this year.
(28) She wanted to be an actress, but her father soon nipped that idea in the bud.
(29) It's important to nip this kind of bullying in the bud.
(30) A bad habit in a child should be nipped in the bud.