Thesaurus: sprout

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1. v. t. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
2. v. t. To shoot into ramifications.
3. v. t. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
4. v. t. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
5. v. i. 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.
6. v. i. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
7. n. any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
8. n. a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
9. v. produce buds, branches, or germinate
10. v. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
11. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts(Bot.) See under Brussels.