Sprouting

Synonyms for "sprouting" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (14)

Noun(6 words)
edible sproutemergeemerginggerminategerminated seedgerminating
Verb(1 words)

Related words (24)

Noun(11 words)
growgrowingincipientnascentnew growthseed propagationseedling emergenceshootshoot emergencesproutsprouting process
Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries
appearancebiological developmentdevelopmentemergencefood productgrowinggrowthgrowth of plant partsgrowth processmaturationnew growthontogenesisontogenyplant developmentvegetable

More specific

18 entries
alfalfa sproutbroccoli sproutbud breakbulb sproutinggerminationhousing developmentsidea formationjuvenile shootmung bean sproutnew businessesnew venturepilot projectradish sproutseed germinationseedlingshoot emergence

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

10 entries
rapid sproutingsprouting broccolisprouting growthsprouting plantssprouting seasonsprouting seedssprouting shootssprouting stagesprouting timevigorous sprouting

Inflections

5 entries
more sproutingmost sproutingsproutedsproutingssprouts

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (269062)

Damn, my wheat pillow is sprouting.

Source: tatoeba (1152260)

Dorcon, the herdsman, who had extricated Daphnis and the goat from the pit, a young fellow upon whose chin the first down was just sprouting, had already, on the occasion of that meeting, become enamoured of Chloe, and his passion for her increased day by day.

Source: tatoeba (6212417)

If it be I whom you kiss, Chloe, you will kiss my lips, but if it be he, you will kiss those bristles which are sprouting about his mouth.

Source: tatoeba (6212441)

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