Of a plant: To manifest vigorous life; to put forth foliage, flourish, be green. Also of land: To be verdant, produce vegetation. Often associated…

Of grass, leaves, branches, etc.: to grow, to sprout; to come up; to come out. Also of a flower: to… intransitive. With from, of (formerly also †o…

intransitive. Of plants, etc.: To spring up, to grow.

intransitive. Of a plant or plant part: to shoot forth or spring up by natural growth; to grow, esp. rapidly. Frequently with adverbs (as up, out…

Of grass, leaves, branches, etc.: to grow, to sprout; to come up; to come out. Also of a flower: to… intransitive. With up (formerly also †out, †forth…

intransitive. Of a plant: to spring up; to grow. Also occasionally with up. Now chiefly with prepositional phrase.

intransitive. To bud or sprout; to begin to grow.

intransitive. = burgeon, v.

intransitive. Esp. of a plant: to shoot up; to grow rapidly or vigorously. Now rare.

transferred and figurative. Of leaves, fire: To spring, spring forth, shoot up. Of pain: To shoot. Obsolete.

To spring forth, as a plant, shoot, etc. (Usually implying the overcoming of restraint.)

transferred. To shoot, sprout. Also, to project.

intransitive. Of plants: to shoot up, grow. rare.

intransitive. To spring forth. Obsolete.

Of a plant, bud, etc.: To emerge from the soil (also with up) or from the stem, etc.; to sprout, grow.

intransitive. Of a plant, leaves, etc.: to grow from the ground so as to become visible; to emerge visibly.

In various spec. uses. intransitive. Of a plant, bud, shoot, etc.: to spring up, to begin to emerge. Of a flower: to open. Now rare.

to grow up v. Of plants: To emerge from the soil, spring up; also, to grow to full size.

intransitive. Of a seedling: to sprout out of the ground. Also of a plant: to grow rapidly.

To spring or sprout out vigorously. Obsolete.

intransitive. To spring or grow up.

intransitive. To grow out, spring forth. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. Scottish. Of plants, etc.: to sprout, to shoot. Cf. sprent, v. 5. Obsolete. rare.

Of buds, flowers, roots, etc.: To sprout out, come forth, burst into flower or leaf, expand.

intransitive. To sprout.