Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having sprouts; budded: as, sprouted potatoes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
sprouts . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sprout .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground
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Examples
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This term, and others variants on this theme, have become catchphrases in the business community and on college campuses, where courses and even majors with these names have sprouted from the Ivies to community colleges. in the past few years.
David D. Burstein: 1 Million Pairs of Shoes Bought, 1 Million Pairs of Shoes Given Away David D. Burstein 2010
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They have a new 100% whole grain sprouted pretzel that is delicious.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Binge-Eating and Outcomes in Gastric Bypass Surgery 2009
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This term, and others variants on this theme, have become catchphrases in the business community and on college campuses, where courses and even majors with these names have sprouted from the Ivies to community colleges. in the past few years.
David D. Burstein: 1 Million Pairs of Shoes Bought, 1 Million Pairs of Shoes Given Away David D. Burstein 2010
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This term, and others variants on this theme, have become catchphrases in the business community and on college campuses, where courses and even majors with these names have sprouted from the Ivies to community colleges. in the past few years.
David D. Burstein: 1 Million Pairs of Shoes Bought, 1 Million Pairs of Shoes Given Away David D. Burstein 2010
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At his feet, nettles had sprouted from the dark skein.
Ballardian » “Driven by Anger”: An Interview with Michael Butterworth (the Savoy interviews, part 1) 2009
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Stalactites sprouted from the roof, the exhaust pipe breathed out a pungent cloud of foundry fumes ...
Strange Fiction in the Marketplace Hal Duncan 2008
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Stalactites sprouted from the roof, the exhaust pipe breathed out a pungent cloud of foundry fumes ...
Archive 2008-02-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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And that may be because it sprouted from a blog rather than a traditional printing press, and it is certainly web-savvy.
From Old to New Media: Blog Begets Publishing House | Disinformation 2007
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The next year, on arrival at our home, we were impressed to see how many new fig shoots had sprouted from the roots of the ancient tree.
Recipe: Fig, Lemon, Olive, and Rosemary Cookies (WHB #107) Laurie Constantino 2007
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The next year, on arrival at our home, we were impressed to see how many new fig shoots had sprouted from the roots of the ancient tree.
Archive 2007-11-01 Laurie Constantino 2007
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