bud
1noun
verb (used without object), bud·ded, bud·ding.
verb (used with object), bud·ded, bud·ding.
Origin of bud
1Related Words for budding
incipient, promising, growing, fledgling, burgeoning, nascent, maturing, opening, young, potential, beginning, germinal, embryonic, fresh, pubescentExamples from the Web for budding
Contemporary Examples of budding
Anova Precision Cooker is the perfect little sous-vide gadget for the budding gastronomist.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Richard Hendriks in Your LifeAllison McNearney
November 29, 2014
The best that can be said for these budding radicals is that at least they sincerely hate the thing they so viciously attack.
His maquettes, or models, illustrate this, too, in their budding materiality.
The children teased my parents about their budding romance and my parents, in turn, fell in love with their tiny wards.
She got involved in interning as a way to jumpstart her budding modeling career.
Historical Examples of budding
With her gentle virgin face she was like a candid, budding lily.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
My budding Daphne wanted scope To bourgeon all her flowers of hope.
The thrush sang his two syllables on the budding guelder-rose.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
Tilney is looking beautiful, and the trees are budding as if it were spring.
Tony ButlerCharles James Lever
The very leaves of the budding trees of spring were outlined in gold.
A Book of MythsJean Lang