sprout

1. 1.

   any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

   Broaderplant organ

   Narrowershootbud
2. 2.

   a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

   Broadergreens

   Narrowerbean sproutalfalfa sprout

1. 1.

   produce buds, branches, or germinate

   “the potatoes sprouted”

   Synonymsshootspudgerminatepullulatebourgeonburgeon forth

   Broadergrow
2. 2.

   put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

   “the plant sprouted early this year”

   Synonymsstock

   Broadergrow

Other forms of sprout

plural

sprouts·

past tense

sprouted·

present participle

sprouting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sprout

What does sprout mean?

sprout means "any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sprout?

sprout has 1 syllable: sprout. In IPA it is /ˈspɹaʊt/.

What is another word for sprout?

Close synonyms include shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sprout a common word?

sprout is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.