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Synonyms of the word 
SPROUT → ACQUIRE - BOURGEON - DEVELOP - GERMINATE - GET - GREEN - GREENS - GROW - PRODUCE - PULLULATE - SHOOT - SPUD - STOCKsprout- n. A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
- n. A child.
- n. (chiefly in the plural) A Brussels sprout.
- n. (chiefly in the plural) A bean sprout.
- n. An edible germinated seed.
- v. (horticulture) To grow from seed; to germinate.
- v. To cause to grow from a seed.
- v. To deprive of sprouts.
- v. To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
- v. (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
acquire- v. (transitive) To get.
- v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- v. (medicine) To contract.
- v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
bourgeon- v. (obsolete) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.
develop- v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- v. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- v. (transitive) To create.
- v. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- v. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
- v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving…
- v. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations…
germinate- v. (botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
- v. To cause to grow.
get- v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- v. (transitive) To receive.
- v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- v. (copulative) To become.
- v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- v. (transitive) To cause to do.
- v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
- v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
- v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
- v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
- v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
- v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
- v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- v. (transitive) To getter.
- v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
- v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
- v. (euphemistic) To kill.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- n. Offspring.
- n. Lineage.
- n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- n. Something gained.
- n. (Britain, regional) A git.
- n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
green- adj. Having green as its color.
- adj. (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.
- adj. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- adj. (figuratively, of people) Inexperienced.
- adj. (figuratively, of people) Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
- adj. (figuratively, of people) Overcome with envy.
- adj. (figuratively) Environmentally friendly.
- adj. (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount…
- adj. (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
- adj. (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
- adj. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more…
- adj. (wine) High or too high in acidity.
- adj. Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
- adj. (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
- adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
- n. The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between…
- n. (politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- n. (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- n. (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
- n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
- n. (Britain) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
- n. A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
- n. (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
- n. Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
- n. (Britain, slang, uncountable) marijuana.
- n. (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
- n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
- v. (transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
- v. To become or grow green in colour.
- v. (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town).
- v. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
- v. (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.
greens- n. plural of green.
- n. The leaves of certain edible green plants, especially of brassicas, eaten as a vegetable.
- n. Any vegetables eaten by humans, regardless of colour.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of green.
grow- v. (ergative) To become bigger.
- v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
- v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
produce- v. (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
- v. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
- n. Items produced.
- n. Amount produced.
- n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs,…
- n. Offspring.
- n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
pullulate- v. To multiply rapidly.
- v. To germinate.
- v. To teem; to be filled (with).
shoot- v. To launch a projectile.
- v. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- v. (sports) To act or achieve.
- v. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- v. To develop, move forward.
- v. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- v. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- v. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W.
- n. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- n. A photography session.
- n. A hunt or shooting competition.
- n. (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- n. A rush of water; a rapid.
- n. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- n. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- n. A shoat; a young pig.
- n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a…
- interj. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain.
spud- n. (obsolete) A dagger.
- n. A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.
- n. (informal) A potato.
- n. A hole in a sock.
- n. (plumbing) A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.
- n. (obsolete, US, dialect) Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
- n. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- v. (drilling) To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by…
- v. (roofing) To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
- p.n. A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching…
stock- n. A store or supply.
- n. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an…
- n. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
- n. Stock theater, summer stock theater.
- n. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
- n. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
- n. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
- n. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
- n. A bar, stick or rod.
- n. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle.
- n. (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical…
- n. (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew…
- n. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as…
- n. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
- n. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
- n. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
- n. (by extension, obsolete) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
- n. (Britain, historical) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the…
- n. (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
- n. (Britain, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
- n. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
- n. The beater of a fulling mill.
- v. To have on hand for sale.
- v. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
- v. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
- v. To put in the stocks as punishment.
- v. (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
- v. (card games, dated) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
- adj. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
- adj. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having…
- adj. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
- n. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
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