OUTGROWTHS Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word outgrowths. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for OUTGROWTHS
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appendages | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an external body part that projects from the body • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant • a part that is joined to something larger | ||||||||
branches | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a division of some larger or more complex organization • a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant • a part of a forked or branching shape • a natural consequence of development • a stream or river connected to a larger one • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm verb • grow and send out branches or branch-like structures • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | ||||||||
excrescences | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | ||||||||
extensions | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt • act of expanding in scope; making more widely available • the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions • an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students • act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb • a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename • the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to • the ability to raise the working leg high in the air • amount or degree or range to which something extends • an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line • an addition to the length of something • an addition that extends a main building | ||||||||
offshoots | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a natural consequence of development | ||||||||
projections | nounn | |||||||
noun • a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations • the projection of an image from a film onto a screen • a planned undertaking • any structure that branches out from a central support • any solid convex shape that juts out from something • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else • the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality • the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction • the act of projecting out from something • the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||||||||
protuberances | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings • the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out | ||||||||
shoots | verbv | |||||||
noun • a new branch • the act of shooting at targets verb • hit with a missile from a weapon • kill by firing a missile • fire a shot; release • make a film or photograph of something • send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly • run or move very quickly or hastily • move quickly and violently • throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective • record on photographic film • emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully • cause a sharp and sudden pain in • force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing • variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors • throw dice, as in a crap game • spend frivolously and unwisely • score • utter fast and forcefully • measure the altitude of by using a sextant • produce buds, branches, or germinate • give an injection to | ||||||||
sprouts | nounn | |||||||
noun • any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud • a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) verb • produce buds, branches, or germinate • put forth and grow sprouts or shoots | ||||||||
tendrils | nounn | |||||||
noun • slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support | ||||||||
appendage | nounn | |||||||
noun • an external body part that projects from the body • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant • a part that is joined to something larger | ||||||||
branch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a division of some larger or more complex organization • a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant • a part of a forked or branching shape • a natural consequence of development • a stream or river connected to a larger one • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm verb • grow and send out branches or branch-like structures • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | ||||||||
emergence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the gradual beginning or coming forth • the becoming visible • the act of emerging • the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent | ||||||||
growth | nounn | |||||||
noun • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level • a progression from simpler to more complex forms • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important • vegetation that has grown • the gradual beginning or coming forth • (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) • something grown or growing | ||||||||
offset | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the time at which something is supposed to begin • a compensating equivalent • a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips • a natural consequence of development • a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper • structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly verb • compensate for or counterbalance • make up for • cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface • create an offset in • produce by offset printing | ||||||||
offshoot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a natural consequence of development | ||||||||
process | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a particular course of action intended to achieve a result • (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents • a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant • a mental process that you are not directly aware of • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant • a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states verb • subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition • march in a procession • deal with in a routine way • perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information • institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against • shape, form, or improve a material • deliver a warrant or summons to someone |