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Definition of 'sprout'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) sprout
to begin to grow; shoot forth.

2.  sprout
(of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.

3. (n.) sprout
a shoot of a plant.

4.  sprout
a new growth from a seed, rootstock, or the like.

5.  sprout
something suggesting a sprout, as a young person.

6.  sprout
sprouts,

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

Etymology: (1150–1200; OE -sprūtan, in āsproten c. OS sprūton, MHG spriezen to sprout)

Definition of 'sprout'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sprout
any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

2. (verb) sprout
a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

3. (verb) shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
produce buds, branches, or germinate
"the potatoes sprouted"

4. (verb) sprout, stock
put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
"the plant sprouted early this year"

Definition of 'sprout'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) sprout
to begin to grow, or begin to produce new growth
The strawberries have sprouted.; The plant will sprout new leaves.

2. sprout
to suddenly appear
Shopping malls are sprouting up across the country.

Definition of 'sprout'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) sprout
to shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants

2. (verb) sprout
to shoot into ramifications

3. (verb) sprout
to cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed

4. (verb) sprout
to deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes

5. (verb) sprout
the shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch

6. (verb) sprout
young coleworts; Brussels sprouts

Translation of 'sprout'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) develop leaves, shoots etc The trees are sprouting new leaves.
Afrikaans: uitspruit	Arabic: يَنْبِت، يُبَرْعِم	Bulgarian: израствам
Brazilian: brotar	Czech: rašit	German: treiben
Danish: skyde	Greek: βλασταίνω, (ξε)πετώ	Estonian: võrsuma panema, tärkama
Farsi: جوانه زدن	Finnish: versoa	French: pousser
Hebrew: לִנבוֹט	Hindi: अंकुरित होना	Croatian: klijati, nicati
Hungarian: (ki)hajt	Indonesian: menumbuhkan	Icelandic: spíra, bruma
Italian: germogliare	Japanese: 芽ぶく	Korean: 순을 내다
Lithuanian: leisti	Latvian: dzīt (asnus); raisīt (lap	Malay: menumbuhkan
Dutch: (doen) ontspruiten	Norwegian: spire, skyte knopp	Polish: wypuszczać, kiełkować
Portuguese: brotar	Romanian: a germina	Russian: пускать ростки
Slovak: pučať	Slovenian: poganjati	Serbian: klijati
Swedish: gro, spira, skjuta skott	Thai: แตกหน่อ	Turkish: filizlenmek, tomurcuklanm
Taiwanese: 發芽	Ukrainian: пускати паростки	Urdu: کونپل پھوٹنا، پتے پیدا ہو
Vietnamese: đâm chồi, nảy mầm	Chinese: 发芽
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