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sprout
What does sprout mean?
sprout (verb): to grow from seed; to germinate.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use sprout in a sentence?
- I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce sprout?
/spɹaʊt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sprout come from?
From Middle English sprouten, spruten, from Old English sprūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *spreutan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to sprout
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “sprout” mean?
to justify; to give grounds for
Not quite: that's what warrant means.
to grow from seed; to germinate
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give to a charity or good cause
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to break from internal pressure
Not quite: that's what burst means.
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