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sprout |
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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