Sprout
[sprəʊt] or [spraʊt]
Definition
(noun.) a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed).
(noun.) any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud.
(verb.) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; 'the plant sprouted early this year'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
(v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.
(v. t.) To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
(v. t.) To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Shoot, germinate, vegetate, push, grow, pullulate, put forth, shoot forth, burst forth.
n. [1]. Acrospire, plumule.[2]. Shoot, ratoon, young branch.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bud, germ, shoot, twig, stem, scion,[See GHOST]
SYN:Shoot, germinate, spring, vegetate, bud
ANT:Blight, wither, decay
Typist: Vance
Definition
n. a germ or young shoot: (pl.) young shoots from old cabbages.—v.i. to shoot: to push out new shoots.—adj. Sprout′ed budded.—Brussels sprouts (see Brussels).
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Examples
- Poor bewildered statesmen, unused to any notion of change, have seen the national life grow to a monstrous confusion and sprout monstrous evils by the way. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Without the warmth of the sun seeds could not sprout and develop into the mighty trees which yield firewood. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The noble Athelstane of Coningsburgh is no more--the last sprout of the sainted Confessor! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Jo's book was the pride of her heart, and was regarded by her family as a literary sprout of great promise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Well, young brockiley sprout, wot then? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- An acorn costs nothing; but it may sprout into a prodigious bit of timber. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Seeds sprout, rain falls, the sun shines, insects devour, blight comes, the seasons change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I fear the sprouts, too, as Rafael does. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That of the sprouts was too much. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That of the sprouts in the face of the old women sickens me, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Coal is simply buried vegetation,--vegetation which sprouted and grew under the influence of the sun's warm rays. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- New ideas are doubtless always sprouting, but a society governed by custom does not encourage their development. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The luminous rays wrapped her up with her increasing distance, and the rustle of her dress over the sprouting sedge and grass died away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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