Sprouting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something sprouts.

    "The historical record before the war and after shows a tendency toward independent political action in the recurrent sproutings of numerous Labor Reform and Workingmen's parties[…]"

  2. 2
    the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sprout form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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buddingcrescentdevelopeddevelopmentflorescentflourishing

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"New office buildings seem to be sprouting up all over the city."

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