sprout

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sprout

[sprout]

–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.

–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.

sprouts,

a.	the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable.

b.	Brussels sprout.

Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) ME spr(o)uten, OE -sprūtan, in āsproten (ptp.; see a- ³ ); c. MD sprūten, G spriessen to sprout; akin to Gk speírein to scatter; (n.) ME; cf. MD, MLG sprute

Synonyms:
1. spring, bud, burgeon, develop.

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sprout (sprout)

v. sprout·ed, sprout·ing, sprouts

v. intr.

To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.
To emerge and develop rapidly.

v. tr.
To cause to come forth and grow.
n.

Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.
Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth: "a tall blond sprout of a boy" (Anne Tyler).
sprouts
1. The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.
2. Brussels sprouts.

[Middle English spruten, from Old English -sprūtan (in āsprūtan, to sprout forth); see sper- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary

sprout

n.
a child. : A little sprout came up and tried to sell me a ticket to a game.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sprout (v.)

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;" O.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.

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ¹sprout
Pronunciation: 'spraut
Function: intransitive verb
: to send out new growth : produce sprouts sprout poorly —J. R. Sanes>

Main Entry: ²sprout
Function: noun
: a new outgrowth (as of nerve tissue) resembling the young shoot of a plant sprouts —J. L. Marx>

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