sprout
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Is sprout a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of sprout?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) A child.Examples: "Oh my, how your sprouts have grown!"figuratively
verb (English)
1. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.Examples: "The crocuses should be sprouting after 2 months, provided they're well tended."intransitive
2. (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.Examples: "I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad."transitive
3. (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.Examples: "to sprout potatoes"transitive
4. (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.intransitive
5. (figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.Examples: "Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin."figurativelyintransitive
6. (figurative, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly.Examples: "A lot of coffee shops have sprouted up in this neighbourhood since the block of flats was put up."; "In those early years of the 1830s and 1840s, railways were sprouting up all over the country in a haphazard way."figurativelyintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary