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Definitions for Sprout

[1] to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
[2] (of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.
[3] to develop or grow quickly: a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.
[4] to cause to sprout.
[5] to remove sprouts from: Sprout and boil the potatoes.
[6] a shoot of a plant.
[7] a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.
[8] something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth.
[9] a young person; youth.
[10] sprouts, the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable. Brussels sprout.
[11] (of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc)
[12] (intr often foll by up ) to begin to grow or develop new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city
[13] a newly grown shoot or bud
[14] something that grows like a sprout
[15] See Brussels sprout

Words related to Sprout

germinate, grow, burgeon, shoot, spring, push, bud, vegetate

Words nearby Sprout

spritzig, sproat, sprocket, sprocket hole, sprog, sprout, spruance, spruce, spruce beer, spruce beetle, spruce budworm

Origin of Sprout

1150–1200; (v.) Middle English spr(o)uten, Old English -sprūtan, in āsproten (past participle; see a-3); cognate with Middle Dutch sprūten, German spriessen to sprout; akin to Greek speírein to scatter; (noun) Middle English; compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sprute

Other words from Sprout

non·sprout·ing , adjective
re·sprout , verb
un·der·sprout , noun
un·der·sprout , verb (used without object)
un·sprout·ed , adjective
un·sprout·ing , adjective

Word origin for Sprout

Old English sprūtan; related to Middle High German sprūzen to sprout, Lettish sprausties to jostle

Synonyms for Sprout

burgeon, germinate, grow, bud, push, shoot, spring, vegetate, shoot up, take root