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Adjective budding has 1 sense

budding - beginning to develop; "a budding genius"
Antonym: developed (indirect, via undeveloped)

Noun budding has 1 sense

budding - reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
--₁ is a kind of asexual reproduction, agamogenesis

Verb bud has 2 senses

bud - develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"
--₁ is one way to develop

Derived forms: noun bud₁, noun bud₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
bud - start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship"
--₂ is one way to begin, start
Sample sentence:
Something ----s