sprout
verb (used without object)
to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
sprouts
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pluralof sprout.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof sprout (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
sproutverb (used without object)to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
Example Sentences
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I especially love how it mingles with non-meat dishes, like root vegetables or beet salads, and have put it to the test with notoriously hard-to-pair ingredients like Brussels sprouts and artichokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
"Bracken sprouts almost immediately because its rhizomes sit deep in the soil, so the burn layer wouldn't maybe have impacted those" she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
For the gardeners: At first, they look like unassuming sprouts.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
The fields of Eshtiwi show only the first faint signs of growth in June, with small green sprouts emerging around the village.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
This put him in a foul mood, for the beets’ first tender sprouts had been nipped by the snowfall.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
