Sprout

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Sprout

Sprout : தழை

Sprout definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
  2. To shoot into ramifications.
  3. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
  4. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

Intransitive verb.

  1. The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.
  2. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.