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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.
(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.
The meaning of MUSHROOM is 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.
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.
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.
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.
Meaning of word mushrooming in English Dictionary verb 1increase, spread, or develop rapidly. environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s synonyms: proliferate grow/develop rapidly burgeon spread increase expand boo...
Definition of mushroom verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
