sprouts 1 of 2

noun

plural of sprout
1
as in kids
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot

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2
as in limbs
a branch of a main stem especially of a plant the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring

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sprouts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sprout
as in roots

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Recent Examples of sprouts
Noun
Uniforms that sprouts porcupine quills at the tug of a collar? — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 However, denser vegetables like mushrooms, eggplant, cauliflower, carrots, and Brussels sprouts benefit from 30 minutes to 1 hour, Gavin says. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 13 Aug. 2026 Months later, to her delight, a bounty of new sprouts appeared, ready to guide into a lattice pattern. — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026 Brussels sprouts are rich in fiber, antioxidants, and vitamins C and K, which support immune, bone, and digestive health. — Cynthia Sass, HEALTH, 11 Aug. 2026 This will keep new shoots from growing and will eventually kill the stump, but sprouts may still pop up elsewhere in the yard. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026 Sales were also down on other vegetables like cauliflower, carrots, spinach and Brussels sprouts. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Must-order side dishes include authentic, crisp and skinny French fries, redolent of truffle, and giant slices of roasted Brussels sprouts. — Connie Ogle july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 The next spring, that whole young prairie was filled with little green sprouts. — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprouts
  1. kids
  2. limbs
  3. roots
  4. children
  5. shoots
  6. ripens
  7. buds
  8. growths
Noun
  • The fairgrounds on Tully Road will have Alaskan pigs racing, kids screaming on carnival rides and the usual assortment of huge corndogs, strawberry shortcakes and a variety of new fair food like tamales, bao buns and kabobs.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The burning of fossil fuels is poisoning the air our kids breathe and endangering their present and future by overheating our planet.
    — Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of kids
Noun
  • Typically, people with FOP rely on wheelchairs by age 25 as the bone accumulation locks up their limbs, and only some live into their 50s.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
  • And one chamber—the one with the fragmented remains of four people—may have experienced a fire, since the remains had clearly been damaged by excessive heat (as high as 550° Celsius, or 1,022° F), particularly the crania and lower limbs.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of limbs
Verb
  • Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
  • Cousteau roots his pitch in economics.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 28 May 2026
Definition of roots
Noun
  • There have been no arrests made in relation to the death, police told CNN, but the father of one of Fortune’s children was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body on unrelated weapons charges, jail records show.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Things can get even more complicated when several children or grandchildren inherit the property.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of children
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  • For a time, the loss of market share was masked by a surge in local TV shoots as studios spent heavily to supply content to their new streaming platforms.
    — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In its report, the state’s film office said 92 percent of film and TV shoots in New Mexico wouldn’t be happening without the incentive.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of shoots
Verb
  • The Algonquin people also called it the Raspberry moon, evoking the fruit that ripens around that time in North America, while the Cree knew it as the Feather Moulting Moon, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Its nickname from the fact that the fruit usually ripens and is ready for picking around this time of year, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Definition of ripens
Noun
  • By summer, buds cover the plant and, soon, soft, layered blossoms are begging you to cut them for the perfect bouquet.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Adapt to survive Along with a warming trend pushing harvesting seasons earlier, European wine growers are up against drought, freak weather events such as spring hailstorms and frost which wiped out many buds, and wildfires.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of buds
Noun
  • People with a family history of colorectal cancer or polyps, and those with inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease, IBS or ulcerative colitis, face elevated risk because chronic inflammation can promote abnormal growths.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • So do inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, since chronic inflammation can promote abnormal growths.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026
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