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active
Adjective
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If someone is active, he or she does exercise often or participates often.
She was such an active 80-year-old that she ran the .
Jenkins is an active member of the since he goes to all the meetings.
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A sentence is active if its subject does the action.
"Athena helped Odysseus" is an active sentence because Athena is the one who helped.
bud
Noun
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A bud is a small part of a plant which opens up and becomes a leaf or a flower.
It's spring! The buds on the trees are opening!
bud
Verb
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To grow buds.
The trees are finally starting to bud.
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To reproduce by splitting off buds.
Yeast reproduces by budding.