Word "BUD" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a partially opened flower

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
develop buds
Examples:
The hibiscus is budding!

Crossword Clues for BUD

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First sign of a flower USA Today 15 Oct 2025
Young flower or leaf Puzzler Backwords 24 Sep 2025
Blossom-to-be Newsday 21 Sep 2025
Baby flower
Nip it in the ___ (stop at an early stage)
Baby flower
Future flower Thomas Joseph 22 Aug 2025
New plant sprout
Blossom-to-be
American friend The Sun Two Speed 12 Jul 2025
One not yet out? European leaves Cornish town The Sun Two Speed 12 Jul 2025
Beer brand nickname
Unopened flower The Telegraph Quick 27 Jun 2025
"___ the Spud" by Stompin' Tom Connors
Pal USA Today 04 Jun 2025
American associate found in this section of the plant
Newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded (3)
Nip in the -
Flanagan or Abbott say is American friend (3)
Baby flower
Come out shooting (3)
Unopened flower Mirror Classic 07 May 2025
Unopened bloom Mirror Tea Time 06 May 2025
_ Powell (3)
Son on "Father Knows Best"
Young flower or leaf (3) Puzzler Backwords 27 Apr 2025
Sign of spring LA Times Daily 23 Apr 2025
Begin blooming Universal 06 Apr 2025
Popular beer brand
Actor Cort
"King of Beers," for short
Comedy partner of Lou Costello (3,6)
Outgrowth on plant stem (3)
Future flower USA Today 14 Feb 2025
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 10 Feb 2025
Pardner New York Times 05 Feb 2025
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 01 Feb 2025
Future flower
Blossom-to-be
It's a rudimentary plant growth, pal (3)
Bundy son
Shoot, pal (3)
Unopened blossom Newsday 31 Dec 2024
Baby bloomer? Universal 29 Dec 2024
Begin to bloom Newsday 26 Dec 2024
New sprout on plant: flower -
Unopened flower Mirror Classic 27 Nov 2024
Nascent flower The Times Concise 20 Nov 2024
Immature leaf Puzzler Backwords 16 Nov 2024
Get off budget and buy an artichoke for example (3)
Blossom-to-be
A starter bound not to get on (3)
Future daisy
A potential bloomer, chum (3)
Nip it in the ___ (stop at an early stage)
Potato eye Commuter 07 Oct 2024
Flower-to-be
Baby bloom
Sign of spring Universal 08 Sep 2024
__ vase LA Times Daily 03 Sep 2024
Flower-to-be Commuter 02 Sep 2024
___ Abbott and Lou Costello, comedy duo (3)
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 17 Aug 2024
"Nip it in the ___"
Begin to flower The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Aug 2024
Friendly form of address between males
Bustard had no star but a young flower (3)
Pal LA Times Daily 07 Jul 2024
A rudimentary shoot is indubitably held up (3)
Unopened leaf or flower (3)
Popular beer brand, for short
Small undeveloped rose (3)
Flower start
Rudimentary stem
Rudimentary plant shoot Puzzler Backwords 30 May 2024
Future flower Thomas Joseph 28 May 2024
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 25 May 2024
Future leaf Wall Street Journal 18 May 2024
In which a friend from America is still to come out (3)
Flower that is yet to bloom
Close pal USA Today 05 May 2024
Visible rudiment of a limb not yet in flower (3)
Rudimentary shoot
Unopened flower Mirror Classic 21 Apr 2024
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 17 Apr 2024
American beer; shoot (3)
Shoot companion (3)
Future freesia
Future flower Thomas Joseph 27 Mar 2024
Rudimentary shoot (3)
New rose
Immature leaf (3) Puzzler 17 Mar 2024
Start of a bloom
Future flower The Telegraph Quick 28 Feb 2024
New shoot
Partially opened flower
Develop friend in America (3)
Begin to flower New York Times 21 Jan 2024
Yet-to-bloom flower, in the garden
Future flower Thomas Joseph 06 Jan 2024
Unopened flower Mirror Classic 22 Dec 2023
Developing flower
Future flower
Future flower?
Pal USA Today 28 Oct 2023
Soon-to-be flower
Future blossom Universal 05 Oct 2023
Flower-to-be
Pal USA Today 13 Aug 2023
Unopened flower USA Today 04 Jun 2023
Future flower Wall Street Journal 13 May 2023
Friend, a nuisance ultimately abandoning capital The Times Cryptic 17 Apr 2023
Pre-bloom flower USA Today 31 Mar 2023
New flower The Telegraph Quick 22 Feb 2023
Future flower LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2023
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 21 Feb 2023
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 16 Feb 2023
Nip it in the ___
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 24 Jan 2023
Pal Universal 19 Jan 2023
Pal Universal 08 Jan 2023
Future flower LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2023
Flower starter Wall Street Journal 14 Dec 2022
Flower, in the past
Future flower
Future flower Universal 18 Oct 2022
Start to grow capital, having got rid of a pest The Guardian Cryptic 08 Sep 2022
Future leaf Wall Street Journal 30 Aug 2022
Flower starter LA Times Daily 22 Aug 2022
Future daisy
Begin to flower
Pal LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2022
Future flower
Pal USA Today 27 Jun 2022
Pal Universal 17 Jun 2022
One not yet out? European leaves Cornish town The Times Cryptic 26 May 2022
Flower that is yet to bloom
Future flower The Washington Post 11 May 2022
Future flower LA Times Daily 11 May 2022
Unopened blossom Newsday 27 Apr 2022
Beer nickname LA Times Daily 03 Apr 2022
Beer nickname The Washington Post 03 Apr 2022
See 17-Across Wall Street Journal 17 Mar 2022
Blossom-to-be
Blossom-to-be Family Time 06 Mar 2022
Flower harbinger The Washington Post 15 Feb 2022
Flower harbinger LA Times Daily 15 Feb 2022
___ Collyer, former game show host who hosted "To Tell the Truth"
Future bloom USA Today 04 Jan 2022
Soon-to-be flower
Unopened rose Thomas Joseph 14 Dec 2021
Unopened flower The Telegraph Quick 27 Nov 2021
Future flower Thomas Joseph 24 Nov 2021
Flower that hasn't bloomed USA Today 25 Oct 2021
A metropolitan raised by local Playmate Irish Times Crosaire 09 Oct 2021
Unopened flower USA Today 22 Aug 2021
Sprout New York Times 12 Aug 2021
Unopened blossom Newsday 03 Aug 2021
Springtime arrival Wall Street Journal 19 Jun 2021
Unopened flower Wall Street Journal 14 Jun 2021
Pal Newsday 27 May 2021
Homie New York Times 21 May 2021
Nip in the ___
Anheuser-Busch InBev's stock ticker symbol New York Times 02 May 2021
Rose, before it blooms Universal 25 Apr 2021
American friend's name rejected
Blossom-to-be Family Time 11 Apr 2021
Start of a flower?
Chum Thomas Joseph 27 Mar 2021
Vase item Thomas Joseph 25 Mar 2021
Future flower Wall Street Journal 22 Mar 2021
Taste ___ The Washington Post Sunday 21 Mar 2021
Flower, at first Universal 28 Jan 2021
Unopened rose Thomas Joseph 22 Jan 2021
Baby flower?
Flower-to-be
AKA Willard Zebedee (Estey) Canadiana 04 Jan 2021
Future flower Eugene Sheffer 24 Nov 2020
Immature iris, say The Washington Post Sunday 18 Oct 2020
Frost victim Wall Street Journal 26 Sep 2020
Sign of spring The Washington Post 02 Sep 2020
Sign of spring LA Times Daily 02 Sep 2020
___ Collyer, actor who voiced Superman in the 1940 radio serial "The Adventures of Superman"
Future flower New York Times 05 Aug 2020
Plant part New York Times 19 Jul 2020
Chum The Washington Post 15 Jul 2020
Future flower Thomas Joseph 28 May 2020
After return call American friend
What blossoms into a flower
Nip it in the ___ (destroy something in an early stage)
Best pal Newsday 08 Mar 2020
Bloom's beginning Universal 29 Feb 2020
Friend in the US, one not yet out
Pal Wall Street Journal 07 Dec 2019
Future flower
Spring growth USA Today 05 Nov 2019
Chum Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2019
Pal New York Times 27 Aug 2019
Unopened flower The Times Concise 16 Aug 2019
One of those from The Capital upset local Playmate Irish Times Crosaire 27 Jul 2019
Bar order The Washington Post 16 Jun 2019
Bar order LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2019
Flower-to-be USA Today 15 Jun 2019
Sign of spring Wall Street Journal 11 Jun 2019
Baby flower
Mac Premier Sunday 05 May 2019
Rose before it grows Universal 02 Apr 2019
Baby bloomer The New Yorker 01 Apr 2019
Immature flower
Begin blooming Newsday 27 Mar 2019
Spring sign The Washington Post 09 Jan 2019
Spring sign LA Times Daily 09 Jan 2019
Spring sign
Sign of spring
Future flower
Chum
'King of Beers' brand, for short USA Today 01 Jan 2019
Spring growth
Flower-to-be
Rose before it grows
Pal
Bar order
"King of Beers" brand, for short
Flower-to-be Universal 23 Oct 2018
Close pal The Washington Post Sunday 21 Oct 2018
Bloom's beginning USA Today 08 Oct 2018
Flower that hasn't bloomed yet
Yet-to-bloom flower
A flower before blooming?
Flower starter LA Times Daily 12 Aug 2018
Flower starter The Washington Post 12 Aug 2018
Flower-to-be?
Bloom-to-be Premier Sunday 08 Jul 2018
Friend found in 17-Across Wall Street Journal 15 May 2018
Generic guy's name Universal 12 Mar 2018
Shoot mate in Chicago
Bloom-to-be Family Time 28 Jan 2018
Sign of spring Universal 23 Jan 2018
Baby bloomer Family Time 22 Jan 2018
Sign of spring
Flower starter
Flower-to-be
Bloom's beginning
Friend found in 17-Across
Shoot in Budapest without tapes Irish Times Crosaire 23 Dec 2017
Popular brew, for short USA Today 07 Dec 2017
Bloom-to-be USA Today 02 Nov 2017
Unopened bloom Jonesin 31 Oct 2017
Flower-to-be
Blossom-to-be Universal 14 Oct 2017
Turning, confer name on rudimentary shoot
Unopened blossom Newsday 30 Aug 2017
Crony The Washington Post 09 Aug 2017
Crony LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2017
Future leaf Premier Sunday 09 Jul 2017
Undeveloped flower
Chum LA Times Daily 27 Apr 2017
Shoot an American friend
Blossom-to-be New York Times 13 Feb 2017
Blossom-to-be
Blossom-to-be
Chum
Popular brew, for short
Bloom-to-be
Crony
Bloom of the future Family Time 26 Dec 2016
Flower source LA Times Daily 15 Nov 2016
Unopened flower Irish Times Simplex 27 Sep 2016
Spring growth The Washington Post 20 Aug 2016
Blossom-to-be boy extremely unsound
Amigo Premier Sunday 10 Jul 2016
Something about to develop Newsday 09 Jul 2016
Plant part Canadiana 30 May 2016
Soon-to-be flower Family Time 24 Apr 2016
Pal The Washington Post 20 Apr 2016
Sign of spring
Caper, e.g Wall Street Journal 14 Aug 2015
Future leaf Wall Street Journal 24 Jul 2015
Shoot, sprout The Telegraph Quick 20 Jul 2015
Spring sight USA Today 17 Jun 2015
Baby blossom Eugene Sheffer 19 May 2015
Rose, at first Eugene Sheffer 12 Mar 2015
Blossom Universal 10 Feb 2015
Unopened bloom USA Today 26 Jan 2015
Future bloom LA Times Daily 07 Jan 2015
Future leaf
Popular 29-Across order
Future bloom
Blossom
Spring sight
Unopened bloom
Flower part
Mac
Blossom-to-be
Caper, e.g.
Pal
Unopened blossom
Close one, these days
Unopened flower
Three 6 Mafia "Where's Da ___"
Flower child?
Friend in the highest place in the answer at 11-Down
Compadre
Plant protrusion
Half of the "Who's on First?" duo
Crony
Future flower
Begin to develop
Flower-to-be
Begin to develop
Pal
4:20 stuff
Flower-to-be
Comic Abbott
Chum
Pal
Begin blooming
Close pal
Pal
Harbinger of spring
Spring growth
Baby bloomer?
Blossom-to-be
Flower starter
Spring growth
Baby bloomer
Harbinger of spring
Future flower
Amigo
Bloomer
Spring sign
Cheap beer at a show
Future flower
Sign of spring in four places in this puzzle
Spring sight
Unopened flower
Shoot-to-be
Future flower
Unopened flower
Potato eye
Good friend
Not quite a bloomer
Beginning blossom
Unopened bloom
Chum
First name of a straight man
Spring sight
First name of a straight man
Unexpanded flower
"Father Knows Best" son
Mac
"Father Knows Best" son
Baby blossom
Mac
"King of beers" brand, for short
Brew brand
Flower child?
Future flower
Bloom-to-be
Flower child?
Ex-Met Harrelson
Bloom-to-be
Smoked part
Future flower
The world's best-selling beer, for short
What frost might nip
Baby bloomer
Lou's partner
Baseball commissioner Selig
Begin blooming
Lou's partner
Future bloom
Begin to develop
Unopened bloom
Lou's partner
"Father Knows Best" son
Pal
Shoot
Start of a flower
Common bar order, briefly
Sir, less formally
Future blossom
Chum
Potato eye
Popular brew, for short
Reproduce asexually
"Father Knows Best" son
Immature one
Undeveloped flower
Not quite a bloomer
Flower starter
Unopened flower
Bloom-to-be
Flower at first
Baby bloomer
Baby bloomer
Baby bloomer
Flower, once
Spring sight
Sprout
Lou's partner in comedy
Sign of spring, hidden four times in this puzzle
Mac
Al Bundy's boy
Germinate
Clayton Collyer
Frost victim
Light brand
Flower-to-be
Nip site
Straight man for Lou
Early development
Nascent flower
Baby bloomer
"Married... With Children" character
Bloom's beginning
Son on "Married... With Children"
Future fuchsia
Flower starter
Sound from a commercial frog
Baby blossom
Fella
Taste ____
Miller rival
Future blossom
Lou's sidekick
Future flower
Baby bloomer?
Unnamed fellow
Any fellow
Beginning blossom
Germ
Kind of mite or moth
Sprout
Potential flower
Palmer or Wilkinson
Sign of spring
Would-be flower
Floret
Begin to flower
Gemma
Rose-to-be
Flower-to-be
Item for a small vase
Deb
Relative of Mac
Item for a vase
Lou Costello's partner
Debutante.
Brother: colloq.
Male generic nickname.
Young girl entering social life.
Slangy term of address.
Be promising.
Term of address to a boy.
Begin to grow.
Rose to be.
Future flower.
Sprout.
Sign of spring.
Form of address.
Nipped in the ___.
Brother: Colloq.
Gemma.
Shoot.
Sign of spring
Pal
Man-cave guest
Man cave invitee
Bit of weed
Immature thing.
Develop.
Social deb
Nipped in the ___
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