Meaning

4 senses
  1. Anything that grows out of something else.

    (countable, uncountable)A branch or offshoot of a plant.

  2. (countable, uncountable)An appendage of an animal.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A byproduct or consequence of an action or event.

    a natural consequence of development

  4. (countable, uncountable)Excessive growth.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. What are those outgrowths on the oak leaves?

    ruЧто это за наросты на дубовых листьях?

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: outgrowths
Singularoutgrowth
Pluraloutgrowths

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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