budding
noun
- form of cellular asexual reproduction
- The act of starting up, beginning anew
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdiŋ/
adj
- Beginning to develop.
“He's a budding deejay.”
“The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the budding engineer all they themselves knew.”
noun
- The development of buds on a plant.
- The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark.
- The result of this practice.
“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
- present participle and gerund of bud