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verb (used without object)
1.
to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
2.
(of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.
3.
to develop or grow quickly: a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to sprout.
5.
to remove sprouts from: Sprout and boil the potatoes.
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Sprout
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noun
6.
a shoot of a plant.
7.
a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.
8.
something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth.
9.
a young person; youth.
10.
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English spr(o)uten, Old English -sprūtan, in āsproten (past participle; see a-3); cognate with Middle Dutch sprūten, German spriessen to sprout; akin to Greek speírein to scatter; (noun) Middle English; compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprute
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English spr(o)uten, Old English -sprūtan, in āsproten (past participle; see a-3); cognate with Middle Dutch sprūten, German spriessen to sprout; akin to Greek speírein to scatter; (noun) Middle English; compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprute
Related forms
non·sprout·ing, adjective
re·sprout, verb
un·der·sprout, noun
un·der·sprout, verb (used without object)
un·sprout·ed, adjective
EXPANDun·sprout·ing, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. spring, bud, burgeon, develop.
1. spring, bud, burgeon, develop.
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World English Dictionary
| sprout (spraʊt) | |
| —vb (often foll by up) | |
| 1. | (of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc) |
| 2. | to begin to grow or develop: new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city |
| —n | |
| 3. | a newly grown shoot or bud |
| 4. | something that grows like a sprout |
| 5. | See Brussels sprout |
| [Old English sprūtan; related to Middle High German sprūzen to sprout, Lettish sprausties to jostle] | |
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Word Origin & History
sprout
O.E. -sprutan (in asprutan "to sprout"), from P.Gmc. *spreutanan (cf. O.S. sprutan, O.Fris. spruta, M.Du. spruten, O.H.G. spriozan, Ger. spreissen "to sprout"), from PIE base *sper- "to strew" (cf. Gk. speirein "to scatter," spora "a scattering, sowing," sperma "sperm, seed," lit. "that which is scattered;"
EXPANDO.E. spreawlian "to sprawl," -sprædan "to spread," spreot "pole;" Armenian sprem "scatter;" O.Lith. sprainas "staring;" Lett. spriezu "I span, I measure"). The noun is attested from c.1300.
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Slang Dictionary
sprout definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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