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sprout
(sprout)v. sprout·ed, sprout·ing, sprouts
v.intr.
1. To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.
2. To emerge and develop rapidly: businesses that sprouted along the highway.
v.tr.
To allow or cause to come forth and grow: He sprouted a mustache.
n.
1. Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.
2. Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth: "a tall blond sprout of a boy" (Anne Tyler).
3. sprouts
a. The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.
b. Brussels sprouts.
[Middle English spruten, from Old English -sprūtanin āsprūtan, to sprout forth); see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
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sprout
(spraʊt)vb
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
[Old English sprūtan; related to Middle High German sprūzen to sprout, Lettish sprausties to jostle]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
sprout
(spraʊt)v.i.
1. to begin to grow; shoot forth.
2. (of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.
n. 3. a shoot of a plant.
4. a new growth from a seed, rootstock, or the like.
5. something suggesting a sprout, as a young person.
6. sprouts,
a. the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten, often raw, as a vegetable.
[1150–1200; Old English -sprūtan, in āsproten c. Old Saxon sprūton, Middle High German spriezen to sprout]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
sprout
- ratoon crop - One that grows from the remains of one already harvested, from Spanish retono, "sprout."
- clan - Ultimately from Latin planta, "plant, sprout."
- germ, germinate - From Latin germen, "seed, sprout."
- acrospire - The first leaf that sprouts from a germinating seed.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
sprout
Past participle: sprouted
Gerund: sprouting
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Noun | 1. | sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus shoot - a new branch bud - a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals |
2. | sprout - a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables bean sprout - any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans alfalfa sprout - sprouted alfalfa seeds | |
Verb | 1. | sprout - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants" |
2. | sprout - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" |
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sprout
verb
3. appear, emerge, turn up, show up (informal), materialize, surface, come into sight More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted across the country.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
sprout
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Translations
بُرْعُميَنْبِت، يُبَرْعِميُنْبِت، يُطَوِّر، يُطْلِع
výhonekvyrážetklíčekrašit
gro fremskydespire
fiatal hajtáshajtás: fiatal hajtás
spíraspíra, brumavaxa
stiebtis
dīgtdzinumsdzītizaugtraisīt
vyrážať
poganjati
sprout
[spraʊt]B. VT → echar, hacerse
to sprout new leaves → echar hojas nuevas
the calf is sprouting horns → le salen los cuernos al ternero
the town is sprouting new buildings → en la ciudad se levantan edificios nuevos
to sprout new leaves → echar hojas nuevas
the calf is sprouting horns → le salen los cuernos al ternero
the town is sprouting new buildings → en la ciudad se levantan edificios nuevos
C. VI (= bud) → brotar, retoñar, echar retoños; (= grow quickly) → crecer rápidamente
skyscrapers are sprouting up → se están levantando rascacielos por todos lados
skyscrapers are sprouting up → se están levantando rascacielos por todos lados
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sprout
n
vt leaves, buds, shoots etc → treiben; horns etc → entwickeln; seeds, wheat etc → keimen lassen; (inf) beard → sich (dat) → wachsen lassen; the town is sprouting new buildings → in der Stadt sprießen neue Gebäude hervor; he suddenly started sprouting hairs on his chest → er bekam plötzlich Haare auf der Brust
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sprout
[spraʊt]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sprout
(spraut) verb1. to (cause to) develop leaves, shoots etc. The trees are sprouting new leaves.
2. (of animals, birds etc) to develop eg horns, produce eg feathers. The young birds are sprouting their first feathers.
noun a new shoot or bud. bean sprouts.
sprout up (of plants or children) to grow. That fruit bush has sprouted up fast; At the age of fourteen he really began to sprout up.
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