Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SPARKED
Verb
sparked
simple past tense and past participle of spark
Adjective
sparked (comparative more sparked, superlative most sparked)
That has had sparks (of electricity) passed through it
Source: Wiktionary
SPARK
Spark, n. Etym: [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. spragëti, Gr. sph to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Speak.]
1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as hte sparks fly upward. Job v. 7.
2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. "If any spark of life be yet remaining." Shak. "Small intellectual spark." Macaulay. "Vital spark of heavenly flame." Pope. We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. Locke. Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. Wordsworth. Spark arrester, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also spark consumer. [U.S.]
Spark, n. Etym: [Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly.]
1. A brisk, showy, gay man. The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. Prior.
2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.
Spark, v. i.
Definition: To sparkle. [Obs.] Spenser.
Spark, v. i.
Definition: To play the spark, beau, or lover. A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, sparking, within. W. Irwing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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