'Sprout' definitions:
Definition of 'sprout'
From: WordNet
noun
Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
noun
A newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
verb
Produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout]
verb
Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" [syn: sprout, stock]
Definition of 'Sprout'
From: GCIDE
- Sprout \Sprout\, v. t.
- 1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sprout'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sprout'
From: GCIDE
- Sprout \Sprout\ (sprout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting.] [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr[=u]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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sprout'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accrue from,
- adventurer,
- arise,
- arise from,
- be contingent on,
- be due to,
- begin,
- bine,
- bloom,
- blossom,
- bough,
- bourgeois gentilhomme,
- branch,
- branchedness,
- branchiness,
- brew,
- bud,
- bud from,
- burgeon,
- burst forth,
- come from,
- come out of,
- come up,
- deadwood,
- depend on,
- derive from,
- descend from,
- develop,
- emanate from,
- emerge from,
- ensue from,
- filiation,
- flagellum,
- flourish,
- flow from,
- flower,
- follow from,
- fork,
- frond,
- gather,
- gemmate,
- germinate,
- germinate from,
- grow,
- grow from,
- grow out of,
- grow rank,
- grow up,
- hang on,
- hinge on,
- hypertrophy,
- increase,
- issue from,
- leaf,
- leaf out,
- leave,
- limb,
- luxuriate,
- mature,
- mushroom,
- name-dropper,
- newly-rich,
- nouveau riche,
- nouveau roturier,
- offset,
- offshoot,
- originate in,
- outgrow,
- overdevelop,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- overtop,
- parvenu,
- pig in clover,
- proceed from,
- procreate,
- pullulate,
- put forth,
- put forth leaves,
- put out buds,
- ramage,
- ramification,
- reproduce,
- riot,
- root,
- runner,
- sapling,
- sarment,
- scion,
- seedling,
- set,
- shoot,
- shoot up,
- slip,
- social climber,
- spear,
- spray,
- sprig,
- spring from,
- spring up,
- sprit,
- sprout from,
- sprout up,
- status seeker,
- stem from,
- stolon,
- strike root,
- sucker,
- switch,
- take root,
- tendril,
- thallus,
- thrive,
- tower,
- tufthunter,
- turn on,
- twig,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upsprout,
- upstart,
- vegetate,
- wax,
- would-be gentleman