Sprout

·vt To shoot into ramifications.

II. Sprout ·vi Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.

III. Sprout ·vt To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

IV. Sprout ·vt To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

V. Sprout ·vt To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to Germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

VI. Sprout ·vi 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.