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Bamboo beginning
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sprout
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"shoot of a plant, sprout; a twig," Old English sprota , from the verb (see sprout (v.)). Cognate with Middle Dutch spruyte , Dutch spruite "a sprout," Old Norse sproti , German Sproß .
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) v. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot , spud , germinate , pullulate , bourgeon , burgeon forth ] put ...
Usage examples of sprout.
From his right hand sprouted thin branches hung with miniature autumnal leaves.
Priests commonly call such a habit, a celestiall Stole: in my right hand I carried a light torch, and a garland of flowers upon my head, with Palme leaves sprouting out on every side: I was adorned like unto the Sun, and made in fashion of an Image, in such sort that all the people compassed about to behold me: then they began to solemnize the feast of the nativitie, and the new procession with sumptuous bankets and delicate meates: the third day was likewise celebrated with like ceremonies with a religious dinner, and with all the consummation of the order: when I had continued there a good space, I conceived a marvailous great pleasure and consolation in beholding ordinarily the Image of the goddesse, who at length admonished me to depart homeward, not without rendring of thanks, which although it were not sufficient, yet they were according to my power.
The wall had sprouted an enormous pair of arms, and Barnacle found himself seized in a grip there was no escaping.
Poor Blad would sprout a forest of spears before he could open his foolish mouth.
The steel points of pikes flamed red with sunlight, as if already blooded, while the pavilions of the knights and high lords sprouted from the grass like silken mushrooms.
Leptospermum and the Boronia serrulata, and Epacris longifolia had begun to sprout.
Mr Sprout at once saw his opportunity, and suggested to Mr Du Boung, the local brewer, that he should come forward.
Mr Sprout, on behalf of Mr Du Boung, protested against that proposition.
As Grunnarch tried to assemble the force, vines and creepers that bristled with thorns sprouted from the ground between his men.
Like most people in Medicine Creek, Corrie went out of her way to avoid meeting Brushy Jim, yet he looked just the same as she remembered: a mass of pale red hair and beard that sprouted from his entire face, leaving nothing visible but two beady black eyes, a pair of lips, and a patch of forehead.
On his windowsill, in a Burpee Seed-N-Start container, he was sprouting twelve tomato seedlings, and, remembering that Cathlin was interested in weeds, you dutifully sniffed them.
She and Corran settled down to a meal of it around a table that extruded from the floor, sprouting like a mushroom when a discolored place on the wall was stroked.
They have seen in his round, jolly, fruitful face post-offices, land-offices, marshalships, and cabinet appointments, charge-ships and foreign missions bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance, ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands.
They have seen in his round, jolly, fruitful face, Post-offices, Land-offices, Marshalships, and Cabinet appointments, Chargeships and Foreign Missions, bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance, ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands.
They have seen in his ruddy, jolly, fruitful face, postoffices, land-offices, marshalships, and cabinet appointments, and foreign missions, bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance, ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands.