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sprout
(spraʊt)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, 3rd person singular presenttense sprouts, present participle sprouting, past tense, past participle sprouted
1. verb
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout. [VERB]
Synonyms: germinate, bud, shoot, push More Synonyms of sprout
2. verb
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn. [VERB preposition]
Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood. [VERB preposition]
Synonyms: grow, develop, blossom, ripen More Synonyms of sprout
3. verb [no passive]
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds. [VERB noun]
4. verb
If you sprout beans or seeds, you make them grow small shoots before eating them. You usually do this by soaking them in water.
When you sprout seeds their nutritional content increases. [VERB noun]
Sprouted beans only need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes. [VERB-ed]
5. verb [no passive]
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
She has little wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin. [VERB preposition]
Kevin is sprouting a few grey hairs. [VERB noun]
6. ergative verb
If a large number of things have appeared or developed somewhere, you can say that they have sprouted there or that the place has sprouted them.
More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted on homes across the country. [VERB adverb/preposition]
Since its first shop was opened in 1976, it has sprouted outlets in 39 countries. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]Synonyms: appear, emerge, turn up, show up [informal] More Synonyms of sprout
7. countable noun [usually plural]
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts.
8. countable noun [usually plural]
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.
sprout in British English
(spraʊt)
verb
1.
(of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc)
2. (intransitive; often foll by up)
to begin to grow or develop
new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city
noun
3.
a newly grown shoot or bud
4.
something that grows like a sprout
5. Brussels sprout
Word origin
Old English sprūtan; related to Middle High German sprūzen to sprout, Lettish sprausties to jostlesprout in American English
(spraʊt)
verb intransitive
1.
to begin to grow or germinate; give off shoots or buds
2.
to grow or develop rapidly
verb transitive
3.
to cause to sprout or grow
noun
4.
a young growth on a plant, as a stem or branch; shoot
5.
a.
a new growth from a bud, rootstock, germinating seed, etc.
b.
such a growth from the germinating seed of any of various plants, as alfalfa or mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, as in salads or Asian dishes
6.
something like or suggestive of a sprout, as an offshoot or young person
7. [pl.]
Brussels sprouts
Word origin
ME sprouten < OE sprutan, akin to Ger spriessen < IE *spreud- < base *(s)p(h)er-: see spreadImage ofsprout
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British English: sprout VERB
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout, they produce new shoots or leaves.
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
- American English: sprout
- Brazilian Portuguese: brotar
- Chinese: > 发芽植物、蔬菜、种子
- European Spanish: brotar
- French: germer
- German: keimen
- Italian: germogliare
- Japanese: 芽を出す
- Korean: 싹트다
- European Portuguese: brotar
- Latin American Spanish: brotar
British English: sprout NOUN
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.
- American English: sprout
- Brazilian Portuguese: broto
- Chinese: > 芽植物、蔬菜、种子
- European Spanish: brote
- French: pousse
- German: Keim
- Italian: germoglio
- Japanese: 芽
- Korean: 새싹
- European Portuguese: broto
- Latin American Spanish: brote
Chinese translation of 'sprout'
sprout
(spraut)
vi
- (= produce shoots)
发(發)芽
(fāyá) - (= grow)
长(長)出
(zhǎngchū)
vt
- [hair, wings]
长(長)出
(zhǎngchū)
Derived Forms
sprouts n pl球芽甘蓝(藍)(qíuyá gānlán)
1 (verb)
Definition
(of a plant or seed) to produce (new leaves or shoots)
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
Synonyms
germinate
Some seed varieties germinate very quickly.
bud
The leaves were budding on the trees now.
shoot
push
spring
vegetate
2 (verb)
Definition
to begin to grow or develop
Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn.
Synonyms
grow
The station had roses growing at each end of the platform.
develop
Children develop at different rates.
blossom
Why do some people take longer than others to blossom?
ripen
I'm waiting for the apples to ripen.
3 (verb)
More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted across the country.
Synonyms
appear
A woman appeared at the far end of the street.
emerge
He was waiting outside as she emerged from the building.
turn up
The rare spoon turned up in an old house in Devon.
show up (informal)
Many workers failed to show up for work today.
materialize
He materialized at her side, notebook at the ready.
surface
The emotions will surface at some point in life.
come into sight
Additional synonyms
in the sense of blossom
Why do some people take longer than others to blossom?
Synonyms
develop,
bloom,
grow,
maturein the sense of bud
The leaves were budding on the trees now.
Synonyms
develop,
grow,
shoot,
sprout,
burgeon,
mature,
germinate,
burst forth,
pullulate
in the sense of develop
Definition
to grow or bring to a later, more elaborate, or more advanced stage
Children develop at different rates.
Synonyms
grow,
advance,
progress,
spread,
expand,
mature,
evolve,
thrive,
flourish,
bloom,
blossom,
burgeon,
ripenNearby words ofsprout
- sprinkling
- sprint
- sprite
- sprout
- spruce
- spruce something or someone up
- spry
Synonyms of 'sprout'
sprout
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of emerge
Definition
to come into view out of something
He was waiting outside as she emerged from the building.
Synonyms
come out,
appear,
come up,
surface,
rise,
proceed,
arise,
turn up,
spring up,
emanate,
materialize,
issue,
come into view,
come forth,
become visible,
manifest yourself
in the sense of materialize
Definition
to appear after being invisible
He materialized at her side, notebook at the ready.
Synonyms
appear,
arrive,
emerge,
surface,
turn up,
loom,
show up (informal),
pop up (informal),
put in an appearance
in the sense of ripen
Definition
to mature
I'm waiting for the apples to ripen.
Synonyms
mature,
season,
develop,
get ready,
burgeon,
come of age,
come to fruition,
grow ripe,
make ripe
in the sense of shoot
Definition
(of a plant) to sprout (a new growth)
Synonyms
sprout,
bud,
burgeon,
germinate,
put forth new growth
in the sense of show up
Definition
to arrive
Many workers failed to show up for work today.
Synonyms
arrive,
come,
turn up,
appear,
make an appearance,
put in an appearance,
show your facein the sense of surface
Definition
to become apparent or widely known
The emotions will surface at some point in life.
Synonyms
appear,
emerge,
arise,
come to light,
crop up (informal),
transpire,
materializein the sense of turn up
Definition
to find or discover or be found or discovered
The rare spoon turned up in an old house in Devon.
Synonyms
come to light,
be found,
show up,
pop up,
materialize,
appear