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brote — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bud noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
  • burgeon verb To grow or expand.
  • outbreak noun A sudden start or spread of something unwelcome, such as a disease or violence.
  • sprout verb To begin growing, as a seed or plant does.

Senses

brote is used for these senses in English:

  • bean sprout (chiefly, in the plural) A sprout of any of several other species of bean
  • bud A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
  • burgeon (obsolete) A bud, sprout, or shoot.
  • flare-up A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).
  • outbreak An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
  • sprout A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

bud — full definition

  1. noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
  2. noun Something in an early stage of development.
  3. noun Slang for marijuana, especially the dried flowering part of the cannabis plant.
  4. verb To produce or begin developing buds, or to start growing in a similar early way.
  5. noun An informal, friendly term of address for a man, similar to "buddy" or "pal."

burgeon — full definition

  1. verb To grow or expand.
  2. verb To swell to the point of bursting.
  3. verb Of plants, to bloom, bud.

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