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    Bur·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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  3. Burgeon means to send forth new growth or to grow and expand rapidly. Learn the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage commentaries of burgeon from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  4. Burgeon means to develop or grow quickly, especially in a literary or business context. Learn how to use this verb with sentences, synonyms and translations from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  5. 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.

  6. to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor. Synonyms: thrive, mushroom, blossom, bloom. to be brimming or filled to bursting; abound (usually followed by with): All the new students are burgeoning with energy and potential. The kitchen drawers were burgeoning with tea towels.

  7. 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.

  8. Burgeon is a verb that means to begin to grow or develop rapidly. Learn how to use it in sentences, see its pronunciation and word origin, and find synonyms and collocations.

  9. 4 days ago · Burgeon means to grow or develop rapidly, or to sprout buds or shoots. Learn the word origin, usage, and pronunciation of burgeon, and see sentences and synonyms from Collins English Dictionary.

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