Of plants: To throw out (branches or shoots). Obsolete.

transitive. To shoot out, put forth as buds. Also with out, forth. Also transferred and figurative.

Of a plant: To put forth (buds, leaves, branches, etc.). Chiefly with forth or out. Also figurative.

transitive. To put forth (new growth) by sprouting. Obsolete. rare.

Of a tree, plant, seed, etc. Often with adverbs, as up, out, forth. transitive. To put out (new shoots, stems, leaves, etc.); to develop (new…

transitive. Of a plant: to send out (buds, leaves, roots, flowers, etc.); = to put out 12b at phrasal verbs 1. Also figurative.

To throw out (roots, branches). Obsolete.

transitive. Of a tree or plant: to send out (a root, bud, leaf, etc.). Also in extended use.

To throw out as an offshoot. Obsolete.

transitive. Of a plant: to send out (a shoot, root, etc.); to put forth (fruit). Frequently with forth, out, up. Also in figurative context.

intransitive. Of corn or other plants: To produce ‘tillers’ or side shoots from the root or base of the stem; also said of the shoots thus arising…

transitive. Of a plant: to send out, develop (a shoot, bud, or other new growth). Cf. to throw up 6a at phrasal verbs.

transitive. Of a plant: to send out, develop (a shoot, bud, or other new growth). Cf. to throw out 3b at phrasal verbs.

= tiller, v.

intransitive. Of a plant: To send out shoots; to shoot. Also transitive in causative sense.