bud
buds
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present tense formof bud (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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AI identifies buds, flowers or fruit in that footage.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
When they hatch, the leaves they depend on are still sealed inside buds, leaving them with nothing to eat.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
There are many places where “rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” from one of Shakespeare’s sonnets, elicits a nod of recognition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Regardless of that, between this and the extended hail-fellow-well-met tight-twos by his buds, the lead-up took on the feeling of a wake or a “get well” rally for someone who recently emerged from a coma.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2023
Fresh grass pushed through the old, dead stubble, buds embroidered the trees.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
