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sprout
[sprout]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop |
| Synonyms: | bud, burgeon, germinate, grow, push, shoot, shoot up, spring, take root, vegetate |
| Antonyms: | die, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, be born, bud, come forth, come into existence, come out, commence, crop up, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, happen, issue forth, kick off, make tick, occur, originate, proceed from, result from, rise, sail, send off, set, spring, sprout, start, stem from, take off |
| Antonyms: | die, end |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
| Synonyms: | be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | germinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow |
| Synonyms: | bud, develop, generate, live, originate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, swell, vegetate |
| Antonyms: | halt, slow, stop, thwart |
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
| Synonyms: | abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, come to be, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up; ascend |
| Synonyms: | arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | descend, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burgeon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bloom |
| Synonyms: | blossom, bud, expand, flower, grow, increase, mushroom, prosper, snowball, sprout, thrive |
| Antonyms: | shrink |
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