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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. spreĂłtan, 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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