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- Dictionarymushrooming/ˈmʌʃruːmɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. rapidly growing, expanding, or developing: "he has attacked what he describes as the culture of waste and mushrooming costs"
- 2. forming or spreading into a shape resembling that of a mushroom: "the pulverized meteorite or comet would be swept high into the stratosphere by the mushrooming fireball"
noun
- 1. very rapid growth, expansion, or development: "our main concern is the mushrooming of unregulated hand car wash businesses"
- 2. the activity of gathering mushrooms: "mushrooming makes you see and appreciate the woodland differently"
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verb [ I ] uk / ˈmʌʃ.ruːm / / ˈmʌʃ.rʊm / us / ˈmʌʃ.ruːm / / ˈmʌʃ.rʊm / to increase very quickly: The number of computers in schools has mushroomed in recent years. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Increasing and intensifying. accretion. accumulate. accumulatively. add fuel to the fire idiom. blaze. crank. go into orbit idiom. go up.
Definition of 'mushrooming' Word Frequency. mushrooming in British English. (ˈmʌʃruːmɪŋ ) noun. the act of growing suddenly and rapidly. the mushrooming of commercial art galleries in Barcelona. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'mushrooming' in a sentence. mushrooming.
1. a. : an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (such as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus. especially : one that is edible. b. : fungus. 2. : upstart. 3. : something resembling a mushroom. mushroom. 2 of 2. verb. mushroomed; mushrooming; mushrooms.
uk/ˈmʌʃ.ruːm//ˈmʌʃ.rʊm/us/ˈmʌʃ.ruːm//ˈmʌʃ.rʊm/. to increase very quickly: The number of computers in schools has mushroomed in recent years. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Increasing and intensifying. -ify.
To increase, expand, or grow into something much larger in size, scope, or scale than something was initially, especially in a short space of time. We started out as a small mom-and-pop shop, but the business mushroomed into a huge nationwide chain in just a few years!
1. a. Any of various fungi that produce a fleshy fruiting body, especially one consisting of a stalk with an umbrella-shaped cap. b. Any of such fungi that are edible, especially the widely cultivated species Agaricus bisporus, which includes the button, cremini, and portobello mushrooms. c.
The earliest known use of the noun mushrooming is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for mushrooming is from 1800, in Whole Proc. King's Comm. Peace . mushrooming is formed within English, by derivation.
OED's earliest evidence for mushrooming is from 1952, in California Stylist. It is also recorded as a noun from the 1800s. mushrooming is formed within English, by derivation.
Verb. Filter. verb. Present participle of mushroom. Wiktionary. Synonyms: exploding. spreading. sprouting. Antonyms: shrinking. shrivelling. Mushrooming Sentence Examples. The growing popularity of Internet shopping has brought with it a mushrooming consumer buyers guide marketplace.
Feb 19, 2024 · mushrooming ( countable and uncountable, plural mushroomings) The act of gathering mushrooms. Rapid or explosive growth. The formation of a mushroom-like shape.
