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- Dictionarysprout/spraʊt/
verb
- 1. (of a plant) put out shoots: "the weeds begin to sprout" Similar
noun
- 1. a shoot of a plant: "the flower pots are full of green sprouts"
- 2. short for Brussels sprout
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The meaning of SPROUT is to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout. How to use sprout in a sentence.
SPROUT definition: 1. to produce leaves, hair, or other new developing parts, or (of leaves, hair, and other…. Learn more.
A sprout is a small growth on a plant — a little new bud. Other things can sprout too: kids are constantly sprouting (growing).
noun. a shoot of a plant. a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like. something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth. a young person; youth. sprouts, the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable. Brussels sprout. sprout.
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
SPROUT meaning: 1. to produce leaves, hair, or other new developing parts, or (of leaves, hair, and other…. Learn more.
1. (Botany) (of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc) 2. (often foll by: up) to begin to grow or develop: new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city. n. 3. (Botany) a newly grown shoot or bud. 4. something that grows like a sprout. 5. (Plants) See Brussels sprout.
SPROUT definition: 1. If a plant sprouts, or if it sprouts something, it begins to produce leaves, flowers, etc.: 2…. Learn more.
Origin of sprout 1 Middle English spr ( o ) uten, Old English -sprūtan, in āsproten (past participle; see a- 3 ); cognate with Middle Dutch sprūten, German spriessen to sprout; akin to Greek speírein to scatter; (noun) Middle English; compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprute
Definition of sprout verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
