Topic: PLANTS
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | sprutan |
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sprout1
1 [intransitive and transitive]HBP if vegetables, seeds, or plants sprout, they start to grow, producing shoots, buds, or leaves : Move the pots outside when the seeds begin to sprout. Trees were starting to sprout new leaves.
Move the pots outside when the seeds begin to sprout.Trees were starting to sprout new leaves.2 [intransitive] also sprout up to appear suddenly in large numbers : Office blocks are sprouting up everywhere.
Office blocks are sprouting up everywhere.3 [intransitive and transitive] if something such as hair sprouts or if you sprout it, it starts to grow : Jim seemed to have sprouted a beard.
Jim seemed to have sprouted a beard.