transcription, транскрипция: [ spraʊt ]
( sprouts, sprouting, sprouted)
1.
When plants, vegetables, or seeds sprout , they produce new shoots or leaves.
It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.
VERB : V
2.
When leaves, shoots, or plants sprout somewhere, they grow there.
Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn...
VERB : V prep
3.
If a garden or other area of land sprouts plants, they start to grow there.
...the garden, which had had time to sprout a shocking collection of weeds.
VERB : no passive , V n
4.
If something such as hair sprouts from a person or animal, or if they sprout it, it grows on them.
She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin...
As well as sprouting a few grey hairs, Kevin seems to be suffering the occasional memory loss.
VERB : no passive , V prep , V n
5.
Sprouts are vegetables that look like tiny cabbages. They are also called brussels sprouts .
N-COUNT : usu pl
6.
Sprouts are new shoots on plants.
After eleven days of growth the number of sprouts was counted.
N-COUNT : usu pl