sprout
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
Types & categories
- plant organ hypernym
- shoot hyponym
- bud hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
produce buds, branches, or germinate
the potatoes sprouted
Types & categories
- grow hypernym
Related & opposite
- germ derivation
- sprout derivation
- sprout derivation
- shoot derivation
- germination derivation
- pullulation derivation
- germinate verb group
Sense 3 noun
a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
Types & categories
- greens hypernym
- bean sprout hyponym
- alfalfa sprout hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
the plant sprouted early this year
Types & categories
- acquire hypernym
Related & opposite
- sprout derivation
- stock derivation
- sprout derivation
- germination derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant organ |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bud |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | germ |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | germination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pullulation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | germinate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | greens |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bean sprout |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alfalfa sprout |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stock |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | germination |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquire |