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# sprout

«sprout» in Mova's school dictionary: **to start to grow: a seed sprouts when it puts out its…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (sprout, sprouts, sprouted, sprouting); noun (a sprout, sprouts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sprout is to start to grow: a seed sprouts when it puts out its first shoot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#m1)

2) A sprout is a young new shoot of a plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#m2)

3) A (Brussels) sprout is a small green vegetable like a tiny cabbage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#m3)

4) To sprout can also mean to appear suddenly: «New shops sprouted up.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons pupils watch seeds sprout (germinate) in wet cotton wool and learn they need water and warmth. In everyday life Brussels sprouts are a well-known Christmas vegetable many children dislike. Phrases: «sprout up», «bean sprouts», «Brussels sprouts».

### examples

- Our beans sprouted after three days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x1)
- Old potatoes start to sprout in the cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x2)
- We ate bean sprouts in the stir-fry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x3)
- Brussels sprouts are served at Christmas dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x4)
- Leaves sprouted on the trees in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x5)
- The boy seemed to sprout taller every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x6)
- New houses sprouted up all over town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x7)
- And there was the end of the army that had sprouted from the dragon's teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x8)

### note

Past: «sprouted». «Brussels sprouts» — with a capital B and an «s» on «Brussels». Sprouting potatoes have green parts that should be cut off and not eaten.

### In the corpora

- [Green potatoes and potato sprouts contain a mild poison, so they should not be eaten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/8/)
- [It is so tough that ginkgos near the Hiroshima bomb sprouted again from their roots, kept safe under the soil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sprout» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.