SPROUT
\spɹˈa͡ʊt], \spɹˈaʊt], \s_p_ɹ_ˈaʊ_t]\
Definitions of SPROUT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
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To shoot into ramifications.
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To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
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To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
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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.
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Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
By Oddity Software
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To begin to grow; put forth shoots, as the seed of a plant.
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To cause to put forth shoots and begin to grow.
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A shoot; bud.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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