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noun
Anything that grows out of something else.
A branch or offshoot of a plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Anything that grows out of something else.
An appendage of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Anything that grows out of something else.
A byproduct or consequence of an action or event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Excessive growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: process, appendage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
Narrower terms: horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum, hair, cirrus, spine, aculea, style, villus, tail, fetlock, tentacle, arista, acromion, acromial process, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process, acrosome, caruncle, caruncula, condyle, coronoid process, processus coronoideus, epicondyle, fimbria, apophysis, spicule, spiculum, osteophyte, papilla, appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage, mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal, styloid process, pterygoid process, tuberosity, tubercle, eminence, zygomatic process, trochanter, transverse process, odontoid process, metaphysis, olecranon, olecranon process, ridge, excrescence, plant process, enation
noun
the gradual beginning or coming forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: emergence, growth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beginning
Narrower terms: rise
noun
a natural consequence of development
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: branch, offshoot, offset
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English growth English outgrowth From out- + growth.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
