Dictionary Definition
sprout
Noun
1 any new growth of a plant such as a new branch
or a bud
2 a newly grown bud (especially from a
germinating seed)
Verb
1 produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the
potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon
forth]
2 put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the
plant sprouted early this year" [syn: stock]
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- a little plant
- a child
- a Brussels sprout
Translations
Brussels sprout
- See Brussels sprout#Translations for translations.
Verb
Related terms
Translations
to grow, to germinate
to cause to grow from a seed
- ttbc German: keimen
- ttbc Icelandic: spíra, bruma, byrja að laufgast, vaxa ört, þjóta upp, láta koma upp, láta vaxa, tína spírur af
- ttbc Spanish: brotar
Extensive Definition
Sprout may refer to:
- Shoot, the early growth of a plant
- Sprouting, germination of seed
- Brussels sprout, a green vegetable
- Little Green Sprout, the sidekick to the Jolly Green Giant advertising mascot
- PBS KIDS Sprout, an American television channel
- Pomona Sprout, a fictional character in the Harry Potter franchise
- A pseudonym of author Michael Carroll
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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