to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.

(of a seed or plant) to put forth buds or shoots.

to develop or grow quickly

a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.

to cause to sprout.

to remove sprouts from

Sprout and boil the potatoes.

a shoot of a plant.

a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.

something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth.

a young person; youth.

sprouts,

the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable.

Brussels sprout.

verb

die , shrink , shrivel

verb

bud , burgeon , germinate , grow , push , shoot , shoot up , spring , take root , vegetate , bloom , bourgeon , branch , develop , offshoot , proliferate , pullulate , ramify , seedling , spout , sprig , tendril , thrive , tiller

noun

bine , offshoot , runner , sprig , tendril