Lexic.us

Definition of Sprout

1. Noun. Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud.

2. Verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate. "The potatoes sprouted"

3. Noun. A newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed).

4. Verb. Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots. "The plant sprouted early this year"

Definition of Sprout

1. v. i. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

2. v. t. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

3. n. 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.

Definition of Sprout

1. to begin to grow [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Sprout

1. 1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. 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. Origin: OE. Sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. Sprta, AS. Spreotan, D. Spruiten, G. Spriessen, Sw. Spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. Sprit, Sprit a spar, Spout, Spurt. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprout

spritzes spritzig spritzigs spritzing sprocket sprockets sprocket wheel sprocket wheel sprod sprod

sprods sprog sprogs sprong sprout (current term) sprout (current term) sprouted sprouting sprouting sprouts

spruce spruce spruced spruced up sprucely spruceness sprucenesses sprucer spruces sprucest

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