sprout

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

2. 2

   A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.

   • Near-synonyms: seedling, chit
3. 3

   A child.

   • Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!
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   1. 4

      A Brussels sprout.

      • In our family we only eat sprouts once a year, at Christmas.
   2. 5

      To grow from seed

      To grow from seed; to germinate.

      • The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended.
   3. 6

      To cause to grow from a seed.

      • I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.
   4. 7

      To deprive of sprouts.

      • to sprout potatoes
   5. 8

      To emerge from the ground as sprouts.

   6. 9

      To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

      • Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.
   7. 10

      To emerge or appear haphazardly.

      • A lot of coffee shops have sprouted up in this neighbourhood since the block of flats was put up.
      • In those early years of the 1830s and 1840s, railways were sprouting up all over the country in a haphazard way.
   8. 11

      A surname.

The neighborhood

• synonymackerspyre
• neighbormalt
• neighbormalted
• neighborunsprouted
• neighborbrussel sprout