(obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate. / To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

(India, Pakistan) A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.

(chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child. / The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty. / (by extension) The early stages of development of something.

A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.

Primary; principal. / (Scotland) Intimate, friendly.

(US, slang) To smoke cannabis.

A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae. / Affectionate term of address.

(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.

People who grew up or were born in the United Kingdom during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and who adopted the ideology of Thatcherism.

(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.