BUDDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does budding mean? 

• BUDDING (noun)
  The noun BUDDING has 1 sense:

1. reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

  Familiarity information: BUDDING used as a noun is very rare.

• BUDDING (adjective)
  The adjective BUDDING has 1 sense:

1. beginning to develop

  Familiarity information: BUDDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUDDING (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("budding" is a kind of...):

agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)

• BUDDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beginning to develop

Context example:

a budding genius

Similar:

undeveloped (not developed, mature, or fully formulated)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of papillary patterns and cellular budding.

(Cervical Serous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the transfer of ubiquitin to target proteins and may play a role in virion budding from infected cells and tumor suppression.

(E3 Ubiquitin-protein Ligase NEDD4 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

"And what right would that ruin have to bid a budding woodbine cover its decay with freshness?"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Thursday, December 19, will find Mars in your new love sector reaching out to Saturn, a sign that if you meet someone interesting, your budding relationship could easily stand the test of time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The L domain (PTAP) in the p6 domain of HIV-1 Gag interacts with the N-terminal domain of TSG101; the Vps28-binding domain of TSG101 inhibits budding.

(HIV Budding, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of columnar, mucin-producing epithelial cells which often form papillary projections with irregular branching and budding.

(Pancreatic Non-Invasive Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It had been raining all morning, I remember—a soft spring rain, which sent up a rich smell from the brown earth and pattered pleasantly upon the budding chestnuts behind our cottage.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

True cribriforming, budding off of small clusters of epithelial cells into the lumen and luminal necroses.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-3, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The neoplastic columnar mucin-producing epithelial cells form papillae with irregular branching and budding.

(Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm with High Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of papillae that are covered by epithelial cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm displaying cellular budding.

(Fallopian Tube Metaplastic Papillary Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)