make tick vs sprout

make tick

verb
  • To cause someone or something to operate the way it does. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, tick. 

sprout

verb
  • To emerge or appear haphazardly 

  • To emerge from the ground as sprouts. 

  • To emerge haphazardly from a surface. 

  • To cause to grow from a seed. 

  • To deprive of sprouts. 

  • To grow from seed; to germinate. 

noun
  • A child. 

  • A Brussels sprout. 

  • A bean sprout. 

  • A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts. 

  • An edible germinated seed. 

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