Sprouting

verb

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.verbTo grow from seed; to germinate.

2.verbTo cause to grow from a seed.

"I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad."

3.verbTo deprive of sprouts.

"to sprout potatoes"

4.verbTo emerge from the ground as sprouts.

5.verbTo emerge haphazardly from a surface.

"Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin."

6.nounThe act by which something sprouts.

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