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- Dictionaryburgeon/ˈbəːdʒ(ə)n/
verb
- 1. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "the city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre"
noun
- 1. a bud or young shoot. archaic, literary
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to develop or grow quickly: Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream films. (Definition of burgeon from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of burgeon. burgeon.
1. a. : to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout. b. : bloom. when the flame trees and jacaranda are burgeoning Alan Carmichael. 2. : to grow and expand rapidly : flourish. The market for her work has burgeoned in recent years. tiny events which burgeon into national alarums Herman Wouk. Did you know?
a bud; sprout. Also: bourgeon SYNONYMS 1. bloom, blossom, mushroom, expand. USAGE The two senses of burgeon, “to bud” ( The maples are burgeoning) and “to grow or flourish” ( The suburbs around the city have been burgeoning under the impact of commercial growth ), date from the 14th century.
Use the verb burgeon to describe something that is growing, expanding, and flourishing. If you have a green thumb, in the spring your flower gardens may burgeon. If you don't have a green thumb, your collection of plastic plants may burgeon.
Noun. Filter. verb. To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To begin to grow or blossom. American Heritage. To grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish. The burgeoning suburbs. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting. Wiktionary.
Burgeon definition: to grow or develop quickly; flourish. See examples of BURGEON used in a sentence.
to develop or grow quickly: Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream films. (Definition of burgeon from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of burgeon. burgeon.
Definition of burgeon verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout. b. To begin to grow or blossom. 2. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate. [Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud, from Vulgar Latin *burriō, burriōn-, from Late Latin burra, a shaggy garment .]
definition 1: to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often fol. by "out" or "forth"). She was pleased to see that her new plants were burgeoning forth.
