Past tense of sprout
regular verb
The past tense of sprout is sprouted. The past participle is also sprouted.
Forms of sprout
| Base form (V1) | sprout /spɹaʊt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sprouted |
| Past participle (V3) | sprouted |
| Present participle | sprouting |
| Third person singular | sprouts |
Sprouted in a sentence
- I sprouted beans and radishes and put them in my salad.
- Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.From the entry adapter
- Since then, Thai Discos have sprouted up all over the island.2016 November, RICE, “The Secret Business of Thai Disco Agents”, in Rice Media, Rice Media, retrieved 02 Nov 2017. From the entry Thai disco
- Seaweed sprouted bright yellows and ochres between the vast webs of fingers.2013, Mary Gentle, Rats and Gargoyles, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry spider
Meaning of sprout
- noun A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
- noun A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
- noun An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
Questions about the past tense of sprout
- What is the past tense of sprout?
- The past tense of sprout is sprouted.
- What is the past participle of sprout?
- The past participle of sprout is sprouted.
- Is sprout a regular or irregular verb?
- Sprout is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sprout (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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