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- Dictionarybur·geon/ˈbərj(ə)n/
verb
- 1. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "the city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the center"
noun
- 1. a bud or young shoot. archaic, literary
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The meaning of BURGEON is to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout. How to use burgeon in a sentence. Did you know?
burgeon in British English. or bourgeon (ˈbɜːdʒən ) verb. 1. (often foll by forth or out) (of a plant) to sprout (buds) 2. (intr; often foll by forth or out) to develop or grow rapidly; flourish. noun. 3.
to develop or grow quickly: Love burgeoned between them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making progress and advancing. adaptive evolution. advance the cause. advanced. advancement. age. boom. evolved. fare well. flourish. flower. follow a path. formatively. mature. punctuated equilibrium. rebuild. regenerate. ripeness. spread. wing.
to develop or grow quickly: Love burgeoned between them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making progress and advancing. adaptive evolution. advance the cause. advanced. advancement. age. boom. evolved. fare well. flourish. flower. follow a path. formatively. mature. punctuated equilibrium. rebuild. regenerate. ripeness. spread. wing.
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.
Burgeon definition: to grow or develop quickly; flourish. See examples of BURGEON used in a sentence.
verb. /ˈbɜːdʒən/ /ˈbɜːrdʒən/ [intransitive] (formal) Verb Forms. to begin to grow or develop rapidly. New running clubs have burgeoned over the past decade. Manufacturers are keen to cash in on this burgeoning demand. The hedgerows had begun to burgeon with violets and primroses.
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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.]
