English Explanatory Dictionary

sprout

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
  2. A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
  3. An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
  4. A bean sprout.
  5. A child.
  6. A Brussels sprout.
verb
  1. To grow from seed; to germinate.
  2. To cause to grow from a seed.
  3. To deprive of sprouts.
  4. To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
  5. To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
  6. To emerge or appear haphazardly.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/spɹaʊt/ /spɹʌʊt/ en-us-sprout.ogg

Word forms

sprout sprouts sprouting sprouted

Etymology

From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.

Synonyms

seedling chit ackerspyre

Related words

malt malted unsprouted brussel sprout

Derived words

coconut sprout sproutless sproutling sprouty watersprout asprout nonsprouting resprout sproutage sproutarian sprouter sprout up unsprouting upsprout

Translations

Bulgarian: кълн Dutch: kiemgroente Estonian: idu Finnish: itu French: graine germée German: Sprossen Hebrew: נבט
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