Bud

What “Bud” means

Noun

1. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
2. Something that has begun to develop.
3. A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
4. Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
5. Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.

Verb

1. To form buds.
2. To reproduce by splitting off buds.
3. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
4. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
5. To put forth as a bud.

Noun

1. Buddy, friend.
2. Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
3. Brother.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English budde, bodde (“bud, seed pod”), from Old English *budde, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *buzdǭ (compare archaic German Butte (“rosehip”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare also German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Dutch bot (“bud”), regional German Butz, Butzen (“seed pod; apple core”), German Low German Haagbutt ("rosehip"; Haagbudden (“rosehips”, plural)).

Back-formation from buddy.

Business name ideas with “Bud”

Industries where “Bud” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Cannabis Dispensary
• All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores)