Standard Lemma guide

budding

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈbʌdiŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌdɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: B AH1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Beginning to develop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He's a budding deejay.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The development of buds on a plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bud grafting

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The result of this practice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of bud

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

beginning to develop

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a budding genius

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: asexual reproduction, agamogenesis

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: обещаващ (obeštavašt) — Translations
  • French: en herbe — Translations
  • German: angehend — Translations
  • German: aufkeimend — Translations
  • German: im Erblühen — Translations
  • German: in Entwicklung — Translations
  • German: knospend — Translations
  • German: kommend — Translations
  • Hungarian: bimbózás — Translations
  • Northern Kurdish: gopikkirin — Translations
  • Norwegian: framtidig — Translations
  • Norwegian: fremtidig — Translations
  • Norwegian: tillkommende — Translations
  • Spanish: en ciernes — Translations
  • Spanish: incipiente — Translations
  • Spanish: emergente — Translations
  • Spanish: brotante — Translations
  • Swedish: spirande — Translations