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UK
/spɹˈaʊtɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈspɹaʊtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈspɹaʊtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
How To Use sprouting In A Sentence
- As proof of his discreetness, moss had grown all over the stone houses, with small trees sprouting from the roofs, and poison ivy dangling over the walls to cover up the windows.
- Sprouting grains by soaking them first increases the amount of enzymes and neutralises the antinutrient phytic acid. Times, Sunday Times
- Y-27632 rescues collagen-induced arrest of neurite sprouting and elongation in cultured rat neurons PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- The plants sprouting now include grasses, clovers, dandelions, several types of thistle, mustards, and small composites.
- For example, purple sprouting broccoli needs to be cut fresh and sold straight away. Times, Sunday Times
- Jacaranda trees sprouting white, unripened buds shaded the water. The Madonnas of Echo Park
- But the chin-length silver hair sprouting after Proudfoot's 4-month-old haircut is not due to any hippieness. Payson Roundup stories
- When I was twelve I began sprouting my first pubic hair, and I was aghast.
- These elaborately painted masks represent a pair of horned animals, each with a porcupine quill sprouting from its head.
- New blood capillaries are formed by sprouting from pre-existing blood vessels.