Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: budding
IPA transcription: [b'ʌdɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: budding
    Meaning: beginning to develop; "a budding genius"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: budding
    Meaning: reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
Usage examples
  • His budding talents as a writer were not always used discreetly.
  • I fear me that the horse and the barn were a little extreme for our budding liberalities.
  • These polyps have a unique generating mechanism that reproduces them via the budding process, and they have an individual existence while also participating in a communal life.
  • Yes, Anna was at peace; surrounded by friends; delighted day by day to watch the budding loveliness, the sportive grace of Gertrude Eversleigh, the idolized heiress of Raynham.
  • The solar tides are, however, much too small to appreciably push any planet away, hence we are not to suppose that the planets originated by budding from the sun, in contradiction of the nebular hypothesis.
  • Just as one might fancy the first leaves on the budding trees in April were exceptional if we did not know that they all have a common cause, the spring, and that if we see the branches on some trees shooting and turning green, it is certain that it will soon be so with all.
  • Notwithstanding these haughty moods, anyone with half an eye could see that the princess was gradually succumbing to the budding woman; that Brandon's stronger nature had dominated her with that half fear which every woman feels who loves a strong man--stronger than herself.