Sprout : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Sprout	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprout n any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) v produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" Synonym(s): shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" Synonym(s): sprout, stock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprout \Sprout\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sprouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprouting}.] [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr[?]ta, AS. spre[a2]tan, D. spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. {Sprit}, v. t. & i., {Sprit} a spar, {Spout}, v. t., {Spurt}.] 1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. 2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprout \Sprout\, v. t. 1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed. 2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprout \Sprout\, n. [Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to Icel. sproti, G. sprosse. See {Sprout}, v. i.] 1. 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. 2. pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. --Johnson. {Brussels sprouts} (Bot.) See under {Brussels}.