DISBUD (disbudded, disbudding)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: disbudded    , disbudding   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does disbud mean? 

• DISBUD (verb)
  The verb DISBUD has 2 senses:

1. thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

2. destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)

  Familiarity information: DISBUD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISBUD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disbud    ... he / she / it disbuds   
Past simple: disbudded   
Past participle: disbudded   
-ing form: disbudding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "disbud" is one way to...):

clip; crop; cut back; dress; lop; prune; snip; trim (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "disbud" is one way to...):

dehorn (take the horns off (an animal))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something