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Word entry · 6 letters

sprout

Best crossword clue

"Begin to grow"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /spɹaʊt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted oprstuStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

Word origin

From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: seedling, chit
  • Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!
  • In our family we only eat sprouts once a year, at Christmas.

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