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bourgeon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bourgeon has 1 sense
- bourgeon(v = verb.change) burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" is one way to grow
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CIDE DICTIONARY
bourgeon, v. i. [OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise.].
To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. [1913 Webster]
"Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow."
[1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
bourgeon
Expansion
VB become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.
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