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sprout

  [sprout] ,
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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.
–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.

  1. To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.

  2. To emerge and develop rapidly.

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

  1. Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.

  2. Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth: "a tall blond sprout of a boy" (Anne Tyler).

  3. 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.]
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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>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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