sprout

About 0.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
2. noun A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
3. noun An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others. A bean sprout.
4. noun A bean sprout.
5. noun A child.

   Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!

6. noun A Brussels sprout.

   In our family we only eat sprouts once a year, at Christmas.

7. verb To grow from seed; to germinate.

   The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended.

8. verb To cause to grow from a seed.

   I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.

Similar words

germinate spud bourgeon shoot pullulate burgeon forth burgeon germ youngster grow

Often followed by

and from in up of again out on wings

Word family

sprouted sprouting sprouts