4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprout  \Sprout\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sprouted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sprouting}.]  [OE.  sprouten,  spruten  akin  to  OFries  spr?ta, 
  AS  spre['o]tan,  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprout  \Sprout\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  cause  to  sprout;  as  the  rain  will  sprout  the  seed. 
 
  2.  To  deprive  of  sprouts;  as  to  sprout  potatoes. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprout  \Sprout\,  n.  [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  Young  coleworts;  Brussels  sprouts.  --Johnson. 
 
  {Brussels  sprouts}  (Bot.)  See  under  {Brussels}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sprout 
  n  1:  any  new  growth  of  a  plant  such  as  a  new  branch  or  a  bud 
  2:  a  newly  grown  bud  (especially  from  a  germinating  seed) 
  v  1:  produce  buds,  branches,  or  germinate;  of  plants  [syn:  {shoot}, 
  {spud},  {germinate},  {pullulate},  {bourgeon},  {burgeon 
  forth}] 
  2:  grow  sprouts,  of  a  plant 

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