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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Sprout

/(sprout)/ · IPA /spɹaʊt/
01 v. i. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting
  1. 1.
    To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
  2. 2.
    To shoot into ramifications.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
  1. 1.
    To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
  2. 2.
    To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
03 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 s…
  1. 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. 2.
    Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
Phrases & compounds
Brussels sprouts — See under Brussels.