Word Study
burgeon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb burgeon has 1 sense
- burgeon(v = verb.change) Array - grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population" is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
burgeon, v. & n. literary
--v.intr.
1 begin to grow rapidly; flourish.
2 put forth young shoots; bud.
--n. a bud or young shoot.
--v.intr.
1 begin to grow rapidly; flourish.
2 put forth young shoots; bud.
--n. a bud or young shoot.
Etymology
ME f. OF bor-, burjon ult. f. LL burra wool
THESAURUS
burgeon
acrospire, augment, bine, bloom, blossom, blow, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, brew, bud, build, burst forth, deadwood, develop, effloresce, enlarge, expand, flagellum, flourish, flower, flower bud, fork, frond, gather, gemma, gemmate, gemmula, gemmule, germinate, grow, grow rank, grow up, heighten, hypertrophy, increase, leaf, leaf bud, leaf out, leave, limb, luxuriate, mature, mount, multiply, mushroom, offshoot, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overrun, overtop, plumule, procreate, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, ramage, ramification, reproduce, riot, root, run up, runner, sarment, scion, shoot, shoot up, slip, snowball, spear, spray, sprig, spring up, sprit, sprout, sprout up, stolon, strike root, sucker, switch, take root, tendril, thallus, thrive, tower, twig, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax
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