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# sprout

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

«sprout» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To sprout is to start to grow: a seed sprouts when it puts out its first shoot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#m1)
2. A sprout is a young new shoot of a plant. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x1)
- Old potatoes start to sprout in the cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x2)
- We ate bean sprouts in the stir-fry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x3)
- Brussels sprouts are served at Christmas dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x4)
- Leaves sprouted on the trees in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x5)
- The boy seemed to sprout taller every week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/#x6)
- New houses sprouted up all over town. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Job's hope that a cut tree will sprout again is read as a hint of renewal, and later tradition connects such images with hope of revival. In the primary 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

- For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. (Writings JOB.14.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sprout/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sprout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sprout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sprout.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sprout» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sprout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sprout» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sprout.html) on Mova free.