sprout

nom

1. 1

   A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

2. 2

   A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.

   Near-synonyms: seedling, chit

3. 3

   A germinated seed, an incipient young plant. An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.

4. 4

   A germinated seed, an incipient young plant. An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others. A bean sprout.

5. 5

   figuréA child.

   Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!

6. 6

   A Brussels sprout.

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

verbe

1. 1

   To grow from seed; to germinate.

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

2. 2

   To cause to grow from a seed.

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

3. 3

   To deprive of sprouts.

   to sprout potatoes

4. 4

   To emerge from the ground as sprouts.

5. 5

   figuréTo emerge haphazardly from a surface.

   Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.

6. 6

   figuréTo emerge or appear haphazardly.

   A lot of coffee shops have sprouted up in this neighbourhood since the block of flats was put up.

   In those early years of the 1830s and 1840s, railways were sprouting up all over the country in a haphazard way.

Formes

pluriel

sprouts

passé

sprouted

participe passé

sprouted

participe présent

sprouting

3ᵉ personne du singulier

sprouts