Sprouting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of sprout form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"New office buildings seem to be sprouting up all over the city."