BUDDING
- (of a plant) Having or developing buds
- (of a part of the body) Becoming larger as part of the process of normal growth
- (of a person) Beginning and showing signs of promise in a particular career or field
- Just beginning and showing promising signs of continuing
- a type of asexual reproduction [n BUDDINGS] / BUD, to put forth buds (undeveloped plant parts) [v]