Verb (used with object) : Sprout and boil the potatoes.    From Dictionary.com. 

Villas are sprouting from the rocks and cactus overlooking the town.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beautiful Bay of Tenacatita] Reference

The proliferation of wardriving shows itself in sprouting another term: whacking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Warflying: accessing the airwaves from the air] Reference

Lolly Robinson reveals another tree-creature, this one sprouting from the greens of Harvard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Five Thousand Acre, Thirty Billion Dollar Wood] Reference

However, today these balnearios offer much more than a warm spring sprouting from a hole in the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking the "waters" in Mexico] Reference

These lush jungle shots are actually just of the sturdy plants sprouting from a narrow string of dirt on my parents 'balcony.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference

They are drowned out by the abrupt onslaught of nauseous sodium vapor lamps sprouting from the buildings at regular intervals.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2008 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Yet, there was that name sprouting among the urban canyons of Waikiki.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to AirTran Airways Brings Low Fares to the Caribbean With New Service to Aruba] Reference

It is what may be called a sprouting Savoy; producing numerous shoots, or sprouts, along the stem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference

This is similar to the idea of sprouting inner classes which Pat Kua wrote about a couple of months ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet TW] Reference

Malting is thus a combination of two processes; namely the sprouting process and the kiln-drying process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

The multiscan of the man’s brain was mostly normal, except for the bright blob sprouting from the left hemisphere.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2010 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

The girl bumped into the chair the woman had been sitting in, and he could almost see the idea sprouting in her mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mirror Must Out] Reference

Several steps may be involved, often beginning with "sprouting" nuts, seeds or grains, and ending with as much as 48 hours of dehydration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whole Life Times] Reference

In the farm-belt area, Nebraska is sprouting nicely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where The Jobs Are] Reference

Suddenly, green roofs are sprouting across North America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Green on Top] Reference

And who are the big takers of the condos sprouting there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Swiss Immigrants] Reference

Private health clinics are sprouting up in remote villages.    From Wordnik.com.  [AMID DISASTER, NEW CONFIDENCE] Reference

It's also sprouting jobs three times faster than Seattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seattle Reigns] Reference

New commercial buildings and ornate residences are sprouting.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Violent Wake-Up Call] Reference

New software companies and call centers are sprouting like mushrooms.    From Wordnik.com.  [FAREWELL TO TROUBLES] Reference

Pawnshops and shops giving "loans until payday" are sprouting in the suburbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Voters' Pocketbooks] Reference

And with the election over, olive branches have started sprouting everywhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayor Livingstone, As Presumed] Reference

With shelters at full capacity, tent cities are sprouting up across the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Prime Time Pitch] Reference

Now e-supermarkets are back, sprouting up everywhere from New York to the Bay Area.    From Wordnik.com.  [SERVICES: ONLINE GROCERS] Reference

Now the fields are sprouting skeletal subdivisions; the roads are lined with strip malls.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story Rug Is Now Full] Reference

Wind turbines are sprouting like weeds, most quickly in the geographical middle and far west.    From Wordnik.com.  [China is Going Green] Reference

They could head for the slums that are sprouting outside major cities, straining basic services.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Make A Metropolis] Reference

But if you find the science convincing, begin to picture healthy nerve cells plumping and sprouting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exercise Is a State of Mind] Reference

As the housing boom comes to an end, FOR SALE signs are sprouting up from lawns faster than crabgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [The PODS People] Reference

Hundreds of go classes are sprouting across the country, and schools are beginning to teach it as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Crazy For 'Go'] Reference

Some works react to the overzealous sprouting of a city seeking to transform itself to First World status.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Painting The Town] Reference

These nonprofit intermediaries, sprouting everywhere, may turn out to be the hot charities of the late '90s.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Real Piece Of Work] Reference

Given Barry Diller's track record, however, the vast programming forest may already be sprouting new saplings.    From Wordnik.com.  [He'll Shop Until He Drops] Reference

Dozens of luxury hotels and restaurants are sprouting in major Chinese cities ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bordeaux Meets Beijing] Reference

Then he learns he's got the job for life, and suddenly he's sprouting a white beard and putting on 45 pounds in a week.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lumps Of Coal] Reference

As broadcast and cable pummeled each other, satellite dishes quietly began sprouting in the countryside and backwoods starting in 1980.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rupert's Death Star] Reference

New lines are sprouting as states struggle to meet tighter federal clean-air standards, and seats and parking places are in short supply.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commuter's Choice] Reference

The hills east of Parker, where wheat grew and cattle grazed 10 years ago, are a maze of fenced-in plots sprouting Jeeps and hobbyhorses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ranching The Nouvelle West] Reference