(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When plants, vegetables, or seeds ~, they produce new shoots or leaves.
It only takes a few days for beans to ~.
VERB: V
2.
When leaves, shoots, or plants ~ somewhere, they grow there.
Leaf-shoots were beginning to ~ on the hawthorn...
VERB: V prep
3.
If a garden or other area of land ~s plants, they start to grow there.
...the garden, which had had time to ~ a shocking collection of weeds.
VERB: no passive, V n
4.
If something such as hair ~s from a person or animal, or if they ~ it, it grows on them.
She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers ~ing from her chin...
As well as ~ing a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.
VERB: no passive, V prep, V n
5.
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels ~s .
N-COUNT: usu pl
6.
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
After eleven days of growth the number of ~s was counted.
N-COUNT: usu pl