Synonyms of the word

spud

• n. (obsolete) A dagger.
• n. A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.
• n. (informal) A potato.
• n. A hole in a sock.
• n. (plumbing) A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.
• n. (obsolete, US, dialect) Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
• n. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
• v. (drilling) To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by…
• v. (roofing) To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.
• p.n. A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching…

bore

• v. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
• v. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
• v. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the…
• v. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
• v. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage…
• v. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
• v. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
• v. (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
• v. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
• n. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
• n. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its…
• n. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
• n. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
• n. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.
• n. Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair.
• n. Calibre; importance.
• n. A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.
• v. simple past tense of bear.

bourgeon

• v. (obsolete) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.

drill

• v. (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
• v. (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
• v. (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
• v. (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
• v. (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level.
• v. (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
• v. (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
• v. (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
• v. (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
• v. (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
• n. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into…
• n. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
• n. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds…
• n. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
• n. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
• n. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation…
• n. (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
• n. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that…
• n. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but…
• n. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

germinate

• v. (botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
• v. To cause to grow.

grow

• v. (ergative) To become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
• v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
• v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

murphy

• n. An Irish or white potato.

potato

• n. A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe.
• n. (informal, Britain) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.
• n. (humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
• n. (slang, offensive) A mentally handicapped person.

pullulate

• v. To multiply rapidly.
• v. To germinate.
• v. To teem; to be filled (with).

shoot

• v. To launch a projectile.
• v. To move or act quickly or suddenly.
• v. (sports) To act or achieve.
• v. (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
• v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
• v. To develop, move forward.
• v. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
• v. (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
• v. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.^W.
• n. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
• n. A photography session.
• n. A hunt or shooting competition.
• n. (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
• n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
• n. A rush of water; a rapid.
• n. (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
• n. (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
• n. A shoat; a young pig.
• n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; a…
• interj. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain.

sprout

• n. A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
• n. A child.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A Brussels sprout.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A bean sprout.
• n. An edible germinated seed.
• v. (horticulture) To grow from seed; to germinate.
• v. To cause to grow from a seed.
• v. To deprive of sprouts.
• v. To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

tater

• n. (Britain, US, informal) A potato.
• n. (US, baseball, slang) A home run.