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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

prick out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To separate (seedlings) growing together, for example into a different pot
    • Before the time for sowing arrives consideration should be given to the question of what labour is available for pricking out the seedlings, and what accommodation can be provided for the protection of the plants in their later stages 1911, Thomas Smith, Profitable Culture of Vegetables:

Forms

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pricking out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pricks out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pricked out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pricked out Tense=Past lexicographic