- to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- (of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.
- to develop or grow quickly: a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.
- to cause to sprout.
- to remove sprouts from: Sprout and boil the potatoes.
- a shoot of a plant.
- a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.
- something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth.
- a young person; youth.
- sprouts,
- the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable.
- Brussels sprout.
- (of a plant, seed, etc) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc)
- to begin to grow or develop
- a newly grown shoot or bud
- something that grows like a sprout
- See Brussels sprout
