sprouting
/S P R AW1 T IH0 NG/verb
- 1
To grow from seed; to germinate.
- 2
To cause to grow from a seed.
“I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.”
- 3
To deprive of sprouts.
“to sprout potatoes”
- 4
To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
- 5
To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
“Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.”
noun
- 1
The act by which something sprouts.
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