<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.</li><li>to develop or grow quickly: a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a shoot of a plant.</li><li>a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.</li><li>something resembling or suggesting a sprout, as in growth.</li><li>a young person; youth.</li><li>sprouts, the young shoots of alfalfa, soybeans, etc., eaten as a raw vegetable.</li><li>Brussels sprout.</li></ul>