Another word for sprout
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Noun
A young stemlike growth arising from a plant
- A twisting, slender structure by which a plant, such as a grape or cucumber, twines around and often climbs an object or another plant.
- Something, such as a ringlet of hair, that is long, slender, and curling.
- A small shoot or twig of a plant.
- An ornament in this shape.
- A small brad without a head.
- To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
- To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile:
- To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.
- One who runs, as for exercise or in a race.
- One who runs the bases.
- One who carries the ball.
- Something that branches out or derives its existence or origin from a particular source.
- A branch, descendant, or member of a family or social group.
- A lateral shoot from the main stem of a plant.
- The flexible twining or climbing stem of certain plants, such as the hop, woodbine, or bindweed.
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Another word for sprout
Verb
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- To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
- To begin to grow or blossom.
- To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.
- A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped leaf, flower, or leafy shoot.
- The stage or condition of having buds:
- An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.
- The act or an instance of shooting up a drug.
- A gunfight; a shootout.
- (intransitive, literally) To grow roots into soil.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To become established, to take hold.
- To cause to sprout or grow.
- To begin to sprout or grow.
- To come into existence:
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