Bud

  1. Proper noun.  A male nickname.
  2. Proper noun.  (informal) A nickname for the beer Budweiser.
  3. Noun.  A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
  4. Noun.  (slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the '''bud'''), or marijuana generally.
  5. Noun.  A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
  6. Noun.  A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
  7. Verb.  To form buds.
  8. Verb.  To reproduce by splitting off buds.
  9. Noun.  (informal) Buddy, friend.
  10. Noun.  (informal) (non-gloss definition, used to address a male) .

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