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sprout

(sprout)

v. sprout·ed, sprout·ing, sprouts

v.intr.

1. To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.

2. To emerge and develop rapidly: businesses that sprouted along the highway.

v.tr.

To allow or cause to come forth and grow: He sprouted a mustache.

1. Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.

2. Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth: "a tall blond sprout of a boy" (Anne Tyler).

3. sprouts

a. The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.

b. Brussels sprouts.

[Middle English spruten, from Old English -sprūtanin āsprūtan, to sprout forth); see sper- in Indo-European roots.]

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sprout

(spraʊt)

1. (Botany) (of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc)

2. (often foll by: up) to begin to grow or develop: new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city.

3. (Botany) a newly grown shoot or bud

4. something that grows like a sprout

5. (Plants) See Brussels sprout

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sprout

(spraʊt)

v.i.

1. to begin to grow; shoot forth.

2. (of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.

3. a shoot of a plant.

4. a new growth from a seed, rootstock, or the like.

5. something suggesting a sprout, as a young person.

6. sprouts,

a. the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten, often raw, as a vegetable.

b. Brussels sprout.

[1150–1200; Old English -sprūtan, in āsproten c. Old Saxon sprūton, Middle High German spriezen to sprout]

sprout

ratoon crop - One that grows from the remains of one already harvested, from Spanish retono, "sprout."
clan - Ultimately from Latin planta, "plant, sprout."
germ, germinate - From Latin germen, "seed, sprout."
acrospire - The first leaf that sprouts from a germinating seed.

sprout

Past participle: sprouted
Gerund: sprouting

Imperative
sprout
sprout

Present
I sprout
you sprout
he/she/it sprouts
we sprout
you sprout
they sprout

Preterite
I sprouted
you sprouted
he/she/it sprouted
we sprouted
you sprouted
they sprouted

Present Continuous
I am sprouting
you are sprouting
he/she/it is sprouting
we are sprouting
you are sprouting
they are sprouting

Present Perfect
I have sprouted
you have sprouted
he/she/it has sprouted
we have sprouted
you have sprouted
they have sprouted

Past Continuous
I was sprouting
you were sprouting
he/she/it was sprouting
we were sprouting
you were sprouting
they were sprouting

Past Perfect
I had sprouted
you had sprouted
he/she/it had sprouted
we had sprouted
you had sprouted
they had sprouted

Future
I will sprout
you will sprout
he/she/it will sprout
we will sprout
you will sprout
they will sprout

Future Perfect
I will have sprouted
you will have sprouted
he/she/it will have sprouted
we will have sprouted
you will have sprouted
they will have sprouted

Future Continuous
I will be sprouting
you will be sprouting
he/she/it will be sprouting
we will be sprouting
you will be sprouting
they will be sprouting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sprouting
you have been sprouting
he/she/it has been sprouting
we have been sprouting
you have been sprouting
they have been sprouting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sprouting
you will have been sprouting
he/she/it will have been sprouting
we will have been sprouting
you will have been sprouting
they will have been sprouting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sprouting
you had been sprouting
he/she/it had been sprouting
we had been sprouting
you had been sprouting
they had been sprouting

Conditional
I would sprout
you would sprout
he/she/it would sprout
we would sprout
you would sprout
they would sprout

Past Conditional
I would have sprouted
you would have sprouted
he/she/it would have sprouted
we would have sprouted
you would have sprouted
they would have sprouted

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Noun	1.	sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus shoot - a new branch bud - a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
	2.	sprout - a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables bean sprout - any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans alfalfa sprout - sprouted alfalfa seeds
Verb	1.	sprout - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, spud, pullulate, shoot grow - increase in size by natural process; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" germinate - cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"
	2.	sprout - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" stock acquire, develop, produce, grow, get - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

sprout

verb

1. germinate, bud, shoot, push, spring, vegetate It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.

2. grow, develop, blossom, ripen Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn.

3. appear, emerge, turn up, show up (informal), materialize, surface, come into sight More than a million satellite dishes have sprouted across the country.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sprout

noun

A young stemlike growth arising from a plant:

bine, offshoot, runner, shoot, sprig, tendril.

Translations

بُرْعُميَنْبِت، يُبَرْعِميُنْبِت، يُطَوِّر، يُطْلِع

výhonekvyrážetklíčekrašit

gro fremskydespire

Spross SprösslingSprutetreiben entwickeln

brote retoño brotar

pousse pousser

fiatal hajtáshajtás: fiatal hajtás

spíraspíra, brumavaxa

germogliare germoglio mettere rampollare cavolini di Bruxelles

stiebtis

dīgtdzinumsdzītizaugtraisīt

skyte knopp

broto

побег росток

vyrážať

poganjati

büyümek çıkmak filizfilizlenmektomurcuk

芽长发芽發芽

sprout

[spraʊt]

A. N

1. (from bulb, seeds) → brote m, retoño m

2. (also Brussels sprout) → col f de Bruselas

B. VT → echar, hacerse
to sprout new leaves → echar hojas nuevas
the calf is sprouting horns → le salen los cuernos al ternero
the town is sprouting new buildings → en la ciudad se levantan edificios nuevos

C. VI (= bud) → brotar, retoñar, echar retoños; (= grow quickly) → crecer rápidamente
skyscrapers are sprouting up → se están levantando rascacielos por todos lados

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sprout

[ˈspraʊt]

(= produce new shoots or leaves) [plant] → pousser; [vegetable, seed] → germer

(= grow) [leaves, plants] → pousser; [hair, whiskers] → pousser

(= suddenly appear) → pousser
Satellite dishes have sprouted on homes everywhere → Des antennes paraboliques ont poussé sur les toits des maisons partout.

[garden] [+ plants] → produire

[person] [+ beans, seeds] → faire germer

sprouts npl

(also Brussels sprouts) → choux mpl de Bruxelles

(= shoots) → nouvelles pousses fpl, jeunes pousses fpl

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sprout

(= shoot, of plant) → Trieb m; (of tree also) → Schössling m, → Trieb m; (from seed) → Keim m

(= Brussels sprout) → (Rosenkohl)röschen nt; sprouts pl → Rosenkohl m

vt leaves, buds, shoots etc → treiben; horns etc → entwickeln; seeds, wheat etc → keimen lassen; (inf) beard → sich (dat) → wachsen lassen; the town is sprouting new buildings → in der Stadt sprießen neue Gebäude hervor; he suddenly started sprouting hairs on his chest → er bekam plötzlich Haare auf der Brust

(= grow) → wachsen, sprießen; (seed, wheat etc) → keimen; (potatoes, trees etc) → Triebe pl → bekommen

(lit, fig: also sprout up, plants) → emporschießen, sprießen; (new sects, new buildings) → wie die Pilze aus dem Boden schießen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sprout

[spraʊt]

1. n (from bulb, seeds) → germoglio
see also sprouts

2. vt (leaves, shoots) → mettere, produrre
to sprout a moustache → farsi crescere i baffi

3. vi → germogliare
skyscrapers are sprouting up everywhere → i grattacieli spuntano dappertutto

sprout

(spraut) verb

1. to (cause to) develop leaves, shoots etc. The trees are sprouting new leaves.

2. (of animals, birds etc) to develop eg horns, produce eg feathers. The young birds are sprouting their first feathers.

noun

a new shoot or bud. bean sprouts.

sprout up

(of plants or children) to grow. That fruit bush has sprouted up fast; At the age of fourteen he really began to sprout up.

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AN OWL, in her wisdom, counseled the Birds that when the acorn first began to sprout, to pull it all up out of the ground and not allow it to grow.

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"He will sprout very soon," said the Prince, "and grow into a large bush, from which we shall in time be able to pick several very good sorcerers."

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I've been working like forty horses ever since this blamed panic set in, and all the time some of those ideas you'd given me were getting ready to sprout. Well, they sprouted this morning, that's all.

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"For example, by all their common and familiar performances--throwing large objects into the air which never come down; causing plants to sprout, grow visibly and blossom, in bare ground chosen by spectators; putting a man into a wicker basket, piercing him through and through with a sword while he shrieks and bleeds, and then--the basket being opened nothing is there; tossing the free end of a silken ladder into the air, mounting it and disappearing."

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It domineered above them so, that all their bodings, doubts, misgivings, fears, were fain to hide beneath their souls, and not sprout forth a single spear or leaf.

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"There are many seeds of thought in my head, but they do not sprout easily.

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He once gave me to understand, with a gesture there was no misconceiving, that if he (Moa Artua) were so minded he could cause a cocoanut tree to sprout out of his (Kory-Kory's) head; and that it would be the easiest thing in life for him (Moa Artua) to take the whole island of Nukuheva in his mouth and dive down to the bottom of the sea with it.

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But in spite of all this, the soldiers of Denisov's squadron fed chiefly on "Mashka's sweet root," because it was the second week that the last of the biscuits were being doled out at the rate of half a pound a man and the last potatoes received had sprouted and frozen.

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For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air.

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At first sprouts out a kind of seed or capsula, of a shape not unlike the scabbard of a scimitar, which they cut, and place a vessel under, to receive the liquor that drops from it; this drink is called soro, and is clear, pleasant, and nourishing.

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They found the ashes scattered by the wind, but the peas and lentils had sprouted, and grown sufficiently above the ground, to guide them in the moonlight along the path.

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Anne's eyes shone all that day; literary ambitions sprouted and budded in her brain; their exhilaration accompanied her to Jennie Cooper's walking party, and not even the sight of Gilbert and Christine, walking just ahead of her and Roy, could quite subdue the sparkle of her starry hopes.

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