"prick out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pricks out [present, singular, third-person], pricking out [participle, present], pricked out [participle, past], pricked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} prick out (third-person singular simple present pricks out, present participle pricking out, simple past and past participle pricked out)
  1. (horticulture, transitive, intransitive) To separate (seedlings) growing together, for example into a different pot Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Horticulture

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