n.
Pronunciation: ' sprau ̇ t
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English spruten, from Old English -spr ū tan; akin to Old High German spriozan to sprout, Lithuanian sprausti to squeeze, thrust
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb
1 : to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
2 : to send out new growth
transitive verb : to send forth or up : cause to develop : GROW