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budding

'bʌdiŋ6 senses · 651 ms
Level C1
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adj/ˈbʌdiŋ/
  1. 1

    Beginning to develop.not-comparable

    • He's a budding deejay.
noun/ˈbʌdiŋ/
  1. 1

    The development of buds on a plant.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    The result of this practice.countableuncountable

    • Whatever the mode of origin, buddings from a particular bud-parent have been found to agree in habit and general characteristics, while all buddings develop similar features which distinguish them from seedling trees.
verb/ˈbʌdiŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of budform-ofgerundparticiple

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