sprout

«sprout» in Mova's school dictionary: to start to grow: a seed sprouts when it puts out its… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) To sprout is to start to grow: a seed sprouts when it puts out its first shoot. tree →

2) A sprout is a young new shoot of a plant. tree →

3) A (Brussels) sprout is a small green vegetable like a tiny cabbage. tree →

4) To sprout can also mean to appear suddenly: «New shops sprouted up.» tree →

sense 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 →
• Old potatoes start to sprout in the cupboard. tree →
• We ate bean sprouts in the stir-fry. tree →
• Brussels sprouts are served at Christmas dinner. tree →
• Leaves sprouted on the trees in spring. tree →
• The boy seemed to sprout taller every week. tree →
• New houses sprouted up all over town. tree →
• And there was the end of the army that had sprouted from the dragon's teeth. tree →

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 the corpora

• Green potatoes and potato sprouts contain a mild poison, so they should not be eaten.
• It is so tough that ginkgos near the Hiroshima bomb sprouted again from their roots, kept safe under the soil.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sprout» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.