different between bud vs following
bud
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?d, IPA(key): /b?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
From Middle English budde (“bud, seed pod”), from Proto-Germanic *budd? (compare Dutch bot (“bud”), German Hagebutte (“hip, rosehip”), regional German Butzen (“seed pod”), Swedish dialect bodd (“head”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew-, *bu- (“to swell”).
Noun
bud (countable and uncountable, plural buds)
- A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
- Synonym: budset
- (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
- A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
- (usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the “bud”), or marijuana generally.
- Synonyms: nug, marijuana; see also Thesaurus:marijuana
- A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
- (dated, term of endearment) A pretty young girl.
- 1874, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, a Popular Journal of General Literature
- 1874, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, a Popular Journal of General Literature
Derived terms
- buddy (adjective)
- bud of promise
- nip in the bud
- redbud
- taste bud
Translations
Verb
bud (third-person singular simple present buds, present participle budding, simple past and past participle budded)
- (intransitive) To form buds.
- (intransitive) To reproduce by splitting off buds.
- (intransitive) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
- (intransitive) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
- Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet, / Whither away, or where is thy abode?
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew
- (transitive) To put forth as a bud.
- 2013, Julie Brown, The Brownstone (page 263)
- What appeared the same to us really wasn't. Every day was different, if we looked closely enough. Like the topiary tree that finally budded a rose after Terrence died: […]
- 2013, Julie Brown, The Brownstone (page 263)
- (transitive) To graft by inserting a bud under the bark of another tree.
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from buddy.
Noun
bud (plural buds)
- (informal, Canada, US) Buddy, friend.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
- (informal) used to address a male
Translations
Further reading
- bud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- BDU, DBU, DUB, Dub, Dub., dub
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *b?t.
Noun
bud (definite accusative budu, plural budlar)
- (now dated) thigh
- Synonym: omba
- gammon
- rump (a cut of meat from the rump of an animal)
- chicken drumstick
Declension
Further reading
- “bud” in Obastan.com.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?but]
- Rhymes: -ut
Noun
bud
- genitive plural of bouda
Anagrams
- dub
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish buth n, from Old East Norse buð n, from Proto-Germanic *bud? (“offer, message”), cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?uð]
- Rhymes: -uð
Noun
bud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bud)
- command
- message
- offer
- bid
- guess
Inflection
Related terms
- budskab n
- de ti bud c pl
Noun
bud n (singular definite buddet, plural indefinite bude)
- messenger
- delivery man, errand boy (of any gender)
Inflection
Related terms
- budbringer c
References
- “bud” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish boð, from Old Danish buth, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *bud?.
Noun
bud n (definite singular budet, indefinite plural bud, definite plural buda or budene)
- a bid or offer (to buy)
- a command, order
- a commandment (e.g. Ten Commandments)
- a message
- a messenger, courier
Derived terms
- budbringer
- budbærer
- postbud
- sendebud
See also
- bod (Nynorsk)
References
- “bud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bud f (definite singular budi, indefinite plural buder, definite plural buderne)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by bu
Scots
Alternative forms
- budd, bude
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?d/
Noun
bud (plural buds)
- (16th-century, archaic, poetic) A bribe or reward.
Verb
bud (third-person singular present buds, present participle budin, past budt, past participle budt)
- (archaic) Must, had to.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish buþ, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *bud? (“offer, message”), cognate with Danish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?d/
- Rhymes: -??d
Noun
bud n
- a message (also budskap)
- a commandment (as in the Ten Commandments; also budord), a rule that must be obeyed (also påbud)
- a bid, an offer (also anbud)
- a messenger (also budbärare, sändebud)
- someone who delivers packages or parcels (also budbil, cykelbud, paketbud)
Declension
Volapük
Proper noun
bud
- Buddhism
Declension
Derived terms
- budan
- budik
bud From the web:
- what buddhism
- what buddhist believe
- what buddha means
- what buddhism believe in
- what buddhist holiday is today
- what budget mean
- what buddha said about god
- what buds class was chris kyle in
following
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?l????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?lo???/
- Hyphenation: fol?low?ing
Adjective
following (not comparable)
- Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
- Synonyms: succeeding; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
- Antonyms: preceding; see also Thesaurus:former
- 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
- About to be specified.
- Synonym: undermentioned
- Antonyms: abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid
- (of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
Usage notes
(Senses 1, 2) When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the, and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. You can put it before a cardinal like the following two remarks instead of the two following remarks.
Translations
Preposition
following
- After, subsequent to.
- Following the meeting, we all had a chat.
Translations
Noun
following (plural followings)
- A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
- He had a loyal following.
- Vocation; business; profession.
- (with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
- The following is a recommendation letter from the president.
- The following are the three most important questions.
Translations
Verb
following
- present participle of follow
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- what following means
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- what following technique did beethoven
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