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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(31) Tie in place with raffia, leaving the bud exposed.
(32) Bud wrapped a scarf around his neck.
(33) Guideline 18: Try to nip misbehaviour in the bud.
(34) Dead ahead, a taste bud comes into view.
(35) Bud was sitting across from me.
(36) This one caught Bud leaning toward autumn.
(37) It's important to nip this problem in the bud.
(38) John's incipient school problems were nipped in the bud.
(39) Michael, come on. Do your chores, bud.
(40) Bud plants arise on the stalks during this time.
(41) We have Bud beer 6-packs on special at $5.
(42) In February, you must trim back to a fat bud.
(43) The sight of a twig she had picked bursting into bud in a vase was enough to send her in raptures.
(44) The owners have it rigged; they have an absolute stiff, Bud Selig, who caters to their every whim.
(45) In fact, the collapse of the bud to a mash is a consequence of the egg laying.
(46) Bud wired the CD player up to the cigarette lighter in his car.
(47) She licks the tip of a cotton bud and begins to comb her eyebrows.
(48) Its bright yellow pendulous boughs have begun to bud, and its contours give evidence of a healthy plant.
(49) Cut out your embryo bud as before, but this time squaring off the base rather than the top of the shield.
(50) There has been much advice given in recent years to plant with the graft bud just at or below the soil surface.
(51) One is by the leaf bud cutting taken in May and June and stuck in a greenhouse.
(52) This month he offers some suggestions on nipping all of them in the bud.
(53) With the Prozac I still get the same feeling but it kind of nips it in the bud.
(54) That silly Bud Bowl,(http://Sentencedict.com) with beer bottles coming to life like the brooms in Fantasia.
(55) Bud, do you remember the exact date of their wedding?
(56) The cells multiply and the bud grows out in a paddle-like form.
(57) Lean on your shovel for one second to straighten your back, and there was Bud to remind you.
(58) Then smudge downwards towards the lashes, using a cotton bud or a small brush.
(59) But the idea has been nipped in the bud by the local council, which has refused to grant a music licence.
(60) This Echinodorus is grown from seeds or propagated vegetatively from the bud plants arising on the floral stalks.