Professor Sprout acclimated the plant to a new environment.
Source: tatoeba (268578)
Sprout
/spɹaʊt/
Synonyms for "sprout" (185 found)
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Closest matches (37)
accrue fromadventurerarisearise frombe contingent onbe due tobeginbeginningbinebloomblossomboughbourgeois gentilhommebranchbranchednessbranchinessbrewbudbud fromburgeon
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burst forthcome fromcome out ofcome up
Verb(4 words)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (92)
name-droppernewly-richnouveau richenouveau roturieroffsetoffshootoriginate inoutgrowoverdevelopovergrowoverrunovertopparvenupig in cloverproceed fromprocreatepullulateput forthput forth leavesput out buds
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ramageramificationreproduceriotrootrunnersaplingsarmentscionseedlingsetshootshoot upslipsocial climberspearspraysprigspring fromspring upspritsprout fromsprout upstatus seekerstemstem fromstolonstrike rootsuckerswitchtake roottendrilthallusthrivetowertufthunterturn ontwigupshootupspearupspringupsproutupstartvegetatewaxwould-be gentleman
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(3 words)
unplanted seedlingsyoung plantyounger plant
Related word relations
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
7 entriesCollocations
12 entriesBrussels sproutalfalfa sproutbean sproutedible sproutsfresh growthnew growthplant growthrapid growthseedling growthsprout leavessprouted seedyoung shoots
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- кълн noun (edible germinated seed)
Dutch
1 entries- kiemgroente noun (edible germinated seed)
Estonian
1 entries- idu noun (edible germinated seed)
Finnish
1 entries- itu noun (edible germinated seed)
French
1 entries- graine germée noun (edible germinated seed)
German
1 entries- Sprossen noun (edible germinated seed)
Hebrew
1 entries- נבט noun (edible germinated seed)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I don't think that they are valuable just because they have a large crop, but I'm glad when they sprout in great numbers - even when they are poison mushrooms.
Source: tatoeba (328564)
In order to sprout, seeds need air and water.
Source: tatoeba (2819571)
Treat the sprout gently, as you would treat a baby.
Source: tatoeba (3469310)
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