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

Verb

1. (of a plant or seed) to produce (new leaves or shoots)

2. (often foll. by up)to begin to grow or develop

Noun

1. a new shoot or bud

2. same as Brussels sprout [Old English sprūtan]

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

verb 2. grow, develop, blossom, ripen

Translations

sprout [spraut] vi → brotar, retoñar

n (Brussels) sprouts npl → coles fpl de Bruselas

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sprout [spraut] vi → germer, pousser

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sprout [spraut] vi → sprießen;

(vegetable) → keimen

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sprout [spraut] vi → germogliare