SPROUT

sprout

(noun) a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

sprout

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

sprout, stock

(verb) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; “the plant sprouted early this year”

shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout

(verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate; “the potatoes sprouted”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Sprout (plural Sprouts)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sprout is the 23002nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1111 individuals. Sprout is most common among White (95.68%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Portus, Proust, Stroup, Troups, stupor

Etymology

Noun

sprout (plural sprouts)

A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

A child.

(chiefly, in the plural) A Brussels sprout.

(chiefly, in the plural) A bean sprout.

An edible germinated seed.

Verb

sprout (third-person singular simple present sprouts, present participle sprouting, simple past and past participle sprouted)

(gardening) To grow from seed; to germinate.

To cause to grow from a seed.

To deprive of sprouts.

To emerge from the ground as sprouts.

(figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

Anagrams

• Portus, Proust, Stroup, Troups, stupor

Source: Wiktionary


Sprout, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting.] Etym: [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr, AS. spreótan, D. spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. Sprit, v. t. & i., Sprit a spar, Spout, v. t., Spurt.]

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

2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] Bacon.

Sprout, v. t.

1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

Sprout, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to Icel. sproti, G. sprosse. See Sprout, v. i.]

1. 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.

2. pl.

Definition: Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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