sprout

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

a. The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.

b. Brussels sprouts.

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

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sprout [spraʊt]

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant, seed, etc.) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc.)

2. (intr; often foll by up) to begin to grow or develop new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a newly grown shoot or bud

2. something that grows like a sprout

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See Brussels sprout

[Old English sprūtan; related to Middle High German sprūzen to sprout, Lettish sprausties to jostle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus shoot - a new branch bud - a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
	2.	sprout - a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables bean sprout - any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans alfalfa sprout - sprouted alfalfa seeds
Verb	1.	sprout - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, spud, pullulate, shoot grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
	2.	sprout - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" stock acquire, develop, produce, grow, get - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

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sprout

verb

1. germinate, bud, shoot, push, spring, vegetate It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.

2. grow, develop, blossom, ripen Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn.

3. appear, emerge, turn up, show up (informal), materialize, surface, come into sight More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted across the country.

Translations

sprout [spraʊt]

A. N

1. (from bulb, seeds) → brote m, retoño m

2. (also Brussels sprout) → col f de Bruselas

B. VT → echar, hacerse
to sprout new leaves → echar hojas nuevas
the calf is sprouting horns → le salen los cuernos al ternero
the town is sprouting new buildings → en la ciudad se levantan edificios nuevos

C. VI (= bud) → brotar, retoñar, echar retoños; (= grow quickly) → crecer rápidamente
skyscrapers are sprouting up → se están levantando rascacielos por todos lados

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sprout [ˈspraʊt]

vi

(= produce new shoots or leaves) [plant] → pousser; [vegetable, seed] → germer

(= grow) [leaves, plants] → pousser; [hair, whiskers] → pousser

(= suddenly appear) → pousser
Satellite dishes have sprouted on homes everywhere → Des antennes paraboliques ont poussé sur les toits des maisons partout.

vt

[garden] [+ plants] → produire

[person] [+ beans, seeds] → faire germer

sprouts npl

(also Brussels sprouts) → choux mpl de Bruxelles

(= shoots) → nouvelles pousses fpl, jeunes pousses fpl

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sprout

n

(= shoot, of plant) → Trieb m; (of tree also) → Schössling m, → Trieb m; (from seed) → Keim m

(= Brussels sprout) → (Rosenkohl)röschen nt; sprouts pl → Rosenkohl m

vt leaves, buds, shoots etc → treiben; horns etc → entwickeln; seeds, wheat etc → keimen lassen; (inf) beard → sich (dat) → wachsen lassen; the town is sprouting new buildings → in der Stadt sprießen neue Gebäude hervor; he suddenly started sprouting hairs on his chest → er bekam plötzlich Haare auf der Brust

vi

(= grow) → wachsen, sprießen; (seed, wheat etc) → keimen; (potatoes, trees etc) → Triebe pl → bekommen

(lit, fig: also sprout up, plants) → emporschießen, sprießen; (new sects, new buildings) → wie die Pilze aus dem Boden schießen

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sprout [spraʊt]

1. n (from bulb, seeds) → germoglio
see also sprouts

2. vt (leaves, shoots) → mettere, produrre
to sprout a moustache → farsi crescere i baffi

3. vi → germogliare
skyscrapers are sprouting up everywhere → i grattacieli spuntano dappertutto

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sprout [spraʊt]

1. n (from bulb, seeds) → germoglio
see also sprouts

2. vt (leaves, shoots) → mettere, produrre
to sprout a moustache → farsi crescere i baffi

3. vi → germogliare
skyscrapers are sprouting up everywhere → i grattacieli spuntano dappertutto

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sprout

v sprout [spraut]

1 to (cause to) develop leaves, shoots etc The trees are sprouting new leaves. uitspruit يَنْبِت، يُبَرْعِم израствам rašit skyde treiben βλασταίνω, (ξε)πετώ võrsuma panema, tärkama جوانه زدن versoa, tehdä pousser לִנבוֹט अंकुरित होना klijati, nicati (ki)hajt menumbuhkan spíra, bruma germogliare 芽ぶく 순을 내다 leisti dzīt (asnus); raisīt (lapas, pumpurus); dīgt; raisīties menumbuhkan (doen) ontspruiten spire, skyte knopp wypuszczać, kiełkować brotar a germina пускать ростки pučať poganjati klijati gro, spira, skjuta skott แตกหน่อ filizlenmek, tomurcuklanmak 發芽 пускати паростки کونپل پھوٹنا، پتے پیدا ہونا یا کرنا đâm chồi, nảy mầm 发芽

2 (of animals, birds etc) to develop eg horns, produce eg feathers The young birds are sprouting their first feathers. groei يُنْبِت، يُطَوِّر، يُطْلِع изниквам vyrážet gro frem entwickeln βγάζω, αναπτύσσω (π.χ. φτερά) kasvatama رشد كردن kasvattaa pousser לְהַצמִיחַ पर या सींग निकलना izbijati (rogovi, perje...) növeszt menumbuhkan vaxa mettere 生やす (동물, 새 등의 털, 뿔 등이) 나다 auginti (par bārdu, ragiem u.tml.) izaugt menumbuhkan krijgen anlegge gevir/horn, få fjær wypuszczać criar a creşte отращивать vyrastať, vyrážať rasti izrasti - za perje få งอก tüylenmek; çıkmak, büyümek 長(角，毛) відрощувати بڑھنا ، اونچا ہونا، سینگ، پر وغیرہ نکلنا mọc, nảy mầm 长（角，毛）

n

a new shoot or bud bean sprouts. spruit بُرْعُم филиз výhonek spire; -spire der Sproß βλαστάρι võrse, idu جوانه verso, itu pousse נֵבֶט अंकुर, अंखुआ, कल्ला klica, mladica fiatal hajtás kecambah spíra germoglio, getto 芽 새 싹 daigas, atžala dzinums cambah spruit skudd, knopp kiełek, odrost grelo mugur (от)росток; побег výhonok poganjek mladica skott, grodd หน่อที่งอกใหม่ tomurcuk, filiz 芽 паросток, пагін نئی کونپل یا کلی mầm, chồi 芽

sprout up

(of plants or children) to grow That fruit bush has sprouted up fast; At the age of fourteen he really began to sprout up. groei يُنْبِت، يُبَرْعِم пораствам rychle (vy)růst skyde op; skyde i vejret aufschießen ξεπετάγομαι, αναπτύσσομαι sirguma رشد كردن kasvaa pousser לִגדוֹל जल्दी बढ़ना rasti nő, nyurgul tumbuh vaxa germogliare, crescere 成長する 자라나다 augti, stiebtis strauji augt; stiepties tumbuh omhoogschieten skyte opp, vokse rosnąć crescer a creşte вырастать rýchlo (vy)rásť rasti nicati skjuta i höjden, växa งอกงาม büyümek (植物、孩子)成長 рости بڑھنا، فروغ پانا phát triển （植物、孩子）成长