| Main Entry: | bud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | new sprout on plant |
Synonyms: |
bloom, blossom, embryo, floret, germ, incipient flower, nucleus, shoot, spark |
| Main Entry: | bud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sprout |
Synonyms: |
burgeon, burst forth, develop, grow, pullulate, shoot |
Antonyms: |
die, shrink, waste, wither |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
Synonyms: |
appear, arise, be born, bud, come forth, come into existence, come out, commence, crop up, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, happen, issue forth, kick off, make tick, occur, originate, proceed from, result from, rise, sail, send off, set, spring, sprout, start, stem from, take off |
Antonyms: |
die, end |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flower |
Synonyms: |
blossom, blossoming, bud, efflorescence, floret, flourishing, flower, floweret, opening |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
Synonyms: |
be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax |
Antonyms: |
shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | blossom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flower |
Synonyms: |
bloom, bud, efflorescence, floret, floweret, inflorescence, posy, spike |
| Main Entry: | egg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seed, cell; embryo of an animal |
Synonyms: |
bud, cackle, cackleberry, germ, nucleus, oospore, ovum, roe, rudiment, spawn, yellow eye |
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bloom of a plant |
Synonyms: |
annual, blossom, bud, cluster, efflorescence, floret, floweret, head, herb, inflorescence, perennial, pompon, posy, shoot, spike, spray, vine |
| Main Entry: | germ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
bud, cause, egg, embryo, inception, nucleus, origin, ovule, ovum, root, rudiment, seed, source, spark, spore, sprig, sprout |
| Main Entry: | germinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow |
Synonyms: |
bud, develop, generate, live, originate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate |
Antonyms: |
halt, slow, stop, thwart |