SPROUT

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

2.
v.

To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] Bacon.

3.
v.

To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

4.
v.

To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

5.
n.

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.

6.
n.

Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.

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