sprout in English
- sprout⇄expr. a course of sprouts. See under course.
- sprout⇄expr. sprouts, Brussels sprouts.
Ex. sprouts served in cream sauce. - sprout⇄noun 1. a shoot from a branch, root, or stump of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
2. the young shoot, such as from a germinating seed or from a rhizome or tuber.
Ex. bean sprouts. The gardener was setting out sprouts.
3. (Figurative.) s - sprout⇄sprout, verb, noun.
- sprout⇄v.i. 1. to begin to grow; shoot forth; bud; germinate.
Ex. Buds sprout in the spring. Weeds have sprouted in the garden.
2. to bring forth or produce shoots or shootlike growths.
Ex. After a shower a meadow sprouts with the yellow buds - sprout⇄v.t. 1. to cause to sprout; produce by sprouting; grow.
Ex. to sprout wings. The rain sprouted the corn.
2. (Informal.) to remove sprouts from.
Ex. He sprouted the potatoes twice every winter.
sprout in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
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