• to be in bud, to bud, to burgeon, to push out
• blind, blinds, evasion, excuse, false allegation, handle, mask, peg, pretence, pretense, pretension, pretext, shift, shuffle, subterfuge
• leading shoot, terminal bud
• a peg to hang on, peg to hang on
• to plead, to plead, pled
• to give a handle for sg, to give a handle to sg