sprout
to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
(of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.
to develop or grow quickly: a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.
to cause to sprout.
to remove sprouts from: Sprout and boil the potatoes.
a shoot of a plant.
a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.
something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth.
a young person; youth.
sprouts,
the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable.
Origin of sprout
1Other words for sprout
Other words from sprout
- non·sprout·ing, adjective
- re·sprout, verb
- un·der·sprout, noun
- un·der·sprout, verb (used without object)
- un·sprout·ed, adjective
- un·sprout·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for sprout
/ (spraʊt) /
(of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc)
(intr often foll by up) to begin to grow or develop: new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city
Origin of sprout
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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