bud
have budded
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present perfectof bud.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Crocuses have budded in sunnier parts of the yard.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Could he have budded and grown amid our distraction, dust, and disquietude? and have we any more of the elements of happiness than he?
From The True Benjamin Franklin by Sydney George Fisher
Fresh flowers of loveliness have budded, expanded, died.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
The women are very delicate, and very pretty; but they remind you of roses which have budded fairly, but which a check in the season has not permitted to blow.
From Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat
This year, for the first time, I have budded the European hazel upon our common stock for the purpose of observing whether the character of the guest will change the character of the host.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association
