n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: bud · ded ; bud · ding
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb
1 of a plant a : to set or put forth buds b : to commence growth from buds
2 : to grow or develop from or as if from a bud
3 : to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent
transitive verb
1 : to produce or develop from buds
2 : to cause (as a plant) to bud
3 : to insert a bud from a plant of one kind into an opening in the bark of (a plant of another kind) usually in order to propagate a desired variety
– bud · der noun