Budding
Budding adjective - Beginning to come into existence.
Opening and budding are semantically related. in developing topic. In some cases you can use "Opening" instead an adjective "Budding".
Nearby Word: budded
Both words in one sentence
- This is explained as her budding friendship with Penny opening her up to larger social experiences, which is an interesting counterpoint to both Penny and Leonard doing the same thing with Sheldon but at a MUCH slower rate.
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Something Completely Different: The episode "The Budding of the Warbuxx" has no opening sequence, no Jacknife, almost no violence and is almost entirely focused on the Twins and Alice (aside from a B-plot about Ash overcoming his fear).
Source: Western Animation / Superjail!
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