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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sprout /spraʊt/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- Botanyto begin to grow;
shoot forth. - Botany(of a seed or plant) to put forth buds.
n. [countable] - Botanya shoot of a plant.
- Botanya new growth from a seed, rootstock, or the like.
- something suggesting a sprout, as a young person.
- Food sprouts, [plural]
- Botanythe young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten, often raw, as a vegetable.
- BotanyBrussels sprout.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sprout (sprout),USA pronunciation v.i. - Botanyto begin to grow;
shoot forth, as a plant from a seed. - Botany(of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.
- to develop or grow quickly:a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.
v.t. - to cause to sprout.
- to remove sprouts from:Sprout and boil the potatoes.
n. - Botanya shoot of a plant.
- Botanya new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.
- something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth.
- a young person;
youth. - Food sprouts:
- Botanythe young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable.
- BotanySee Brussels sprout.
- 1150–1200; (verb, verbal) Middle English spr(o)uten, Old English -sprūtan, in āsproten (past participle; see a-3); cognate with Middle Dutch sprūten, German spriessen to sprout; akin to Greek speírein to scatter; (noun, nominal) Middle English; compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprute
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spring, bud, burgeon, develop.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sprout /spraʊt/ vb - (of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc)
- (intransitive) often followed by up: to begin to grow or develop: new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city
n - a newly grown shoot or bud
- something that grows like a sprout
- See Brussels sprout
Etymology: Old English sprūtan; related to Middle High German sprūzen to sprout, Lettish sprausties to jostle |