Please continue as long as the taste buds will stand up to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That should help them set flower buds for future years.
The Sun (2016)
You'll forgive the premium price when the flavour of fresh oatmeal strokes your taste buds.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Cut off old leaves, avoiding any emerging flowers and buds.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
A weak electric current is used to target the taste buds responsible for salty flavours.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In terms of flavour, the acid of the vinegar cuts through the fat of the oil to make the taste buds zing.
The Sun (2016)
Pale pink buds open to white fragrant flowers from April to October.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Next year, as soon as the flower buds are just visible, spray again.
The Sun (2016)
EF matches budding entrepreneurs with the skills to build a tech company, and then funds the idea they come up with.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That way your taste buds just get clobbered with uncooked salt or pepper.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Their taste buds are the most effective of all.
The Sun (2014)
The experience taught the budding entrepreneur a valuable lesson.
The Sun (2015)
The pink buds open into small flowers that are a beautifully pure white.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Use a cotton bud dipped in white vinegar to remove any stray hair dye from your skin.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Its flower buds are lighter in colour than when fully open.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This has coincided with a new wave of budding entrepreneurs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Collect and dispose of all flowers and petals and any dead flower buds on the plant.
The Sun (2013)
What do budding rock stars do on their days off?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You are meeting all these budding entrepreneurs of growing businesses who are taking a risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We wandered around the big garden and budding fruit trees as more memories flooded back.
Chris Gidney CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (2002)
At the tip of the buds one can see pale points where the leaves are just showing through.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
What a promise of summer there is in those long, pointed buds.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In winter, trees can be identified by their buds and bark.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And with some decent sunny spells, leaf buds are open and spring flowers coming out.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And the diet saw our budding artist shed a staggering 10lb in just two weeks.
The Sun (2013)
Word lists with
bud
parts of plants
In other languages
bud
British English: bud NOUN
A bud is a small pointed lump that appears on a tree or plant and develops into a leaf or flower.
My favourite time is early summer, just before the buds open.
American English: bud
Brazilian Portuguese: botão
Chinese: 芽
European Spanish: brote
French: bourgeon
German: Knospe
Italian: gemma
Japanese: 芽
Korean: 꽃봉오리
European Portuguese: botão
Latin American Spanish: brote
All related terms of 'bud'
in bud
at the stage of producing buds
big bud
a serious disease of plants, esp of blackcurrants , in which the buds swell up as a result of attack by the gall mite Cecidophyopsis ribis
bud scale
one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
bud sport
a shoot, inflorescence , etc, that differs from another such structure on a plant and is caused by a somatic mutation ; the differences can be retained by vegetative propagation
bud vase
a relatively tall , slender vase , usually footed, for holding a single, stemmed flower, usually a rosebud
leaf bud
a bud from which a leaf develops
mixed bud
a bud containing both rudimentary flowers and foliage leaves
taste bud
Your taste buds are the little points on the surface of your tongue which enable you to recognize the flavour of a food or drink.
cotton bud
A cotton bud is a small stick with a ball of cotton wool at each end, which people use, for example , for applying make-up.
flower bud
a bud from which only flowers develop
in/into bud
When a tree or plant is in bud or has come into bud , it has buds on it.
in (the) bud
in the time of budding
nip in the bud
to put an end to (an idea , movement , etc) in its initial stages
soredium
an organ of vegetative reproduction in lichens consisting of a cluster of algal cells enclosed in fungal hyphae : dispersed by wind , insects , or other means
nip something in the bud
to stop a bad situation or bad behaviour at an early stage , before it can develop and become worse
to nip something in the bud
If you nip something such as bad behaviour in the bud , you stop it before it can develop very far .
Chinese translation of 'bud'
bud
(bʌd)
n(c)
(on tree, plant)
(= leaf bud) 芽 (yá)
(= flower bud) 蓓蕾 (bèilěi)
vi
(= produce leaves) 萌芽 (méngyá)
(= produce flowers) 出花苞 (chū huābāo)
to nip sth in the bud (inf) 把某事消灭(滅)在萌芽状(狀)态(態) (bǎ mǒushì xiāomiè zài méngyá zhuàngtài)
(noun)
Definition
(of plants and some animals) to produce buds
The first buds appeared on the trees.
Synonyms
shoot
This week saw the first pink shoots of the new season's crop.
branch
the low, overhanging branches of a giant pine tree
sprout
twig
There was a slight sound of a twig breaking underfoot.
sprig
Chop the watercress, reserving a sprig or two for garnish.
offshoot
scion
(verb)
The leaves were budding on the trees now.
Synonyms
develop
Children develop at different rates.
grow
The station had roses growing at each end of the platform.
shoot
sprout
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
burgeon
the country's burgeoning software industry
mature
young people who have not yet matured
germinate
Some seed varieties germinate very quickly.
burst forth
pullulate
Additional synonyms
in the sense of branch
Definition
a secondary woody stem extending from the trunk or main branch of a tree
the low, overhanging branches of a giant pine tree