abud

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/əˈbʌd/

adjective

budding

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Meanings

adjectiveabud (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerarebudding

    […] he began to whistle merrily, and in an instant the whole world about him was bright of hue and joyous again, and looking, he saw, to his amazement, that the bare branches were abud.

    1923, Julie M. Lippmann, Dreamland

Origin

From a- + bud.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

baudBudaBadudaubDubaDabu
Cite this entry
APA

abud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abud

MLA

“abud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abud. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abud,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abud.

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