Meaning

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

    Spross, Sprössling

    росто́кrostók, побе́гpobég

    росто́кrostók, па́гінpáhin

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

  2. A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.

    Near-synonyms: seedling, chit

  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. An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.

    A bean sprout.

  5. (figuratively, informal)A child.

    Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!

    Sprössling, Spross

  6. A Brussels sprout.

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

Examples

48 sentences
  1. Tom said Mary seldom eats bean sprouts.

  2. Tom said that Mary seldom eats bean sprouts.

  3. I don't like Brussels sprouts.

    ruЯ не люблю брюссельскую капусту. — marafon

    deIch mag keinen Rosenkohl. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Damn, my wheat pillow is sprouting.

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  5. The seeds I planted have sprouted.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
new growth on a plant:
Русский
By meaning 1
new growth on a plant:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
edible germinated seed:
new growth on a plant:

Origin

From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below)

From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.

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