burgeon
to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
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.
to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth).
to put forth, as buds.
Origin of burgeon
1- Also bour·geon .
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How to use burgeon in a sentence
The leaves burgeon on the branches in the serial order that gives to each its share of sun and rain.
My Friends at Brook Farm | John Van Der Zee SearsThen the tree began to bud and burgeon with gifts, and the rare glories of colour crept in upon the snows of winter.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. SherwoodHer heart expanded, her soul seemed to burgeon and to bloom.
Basil Everman | Elsie SingmasterAle in a Saxon rumkin then, makes valor burgeon in tall men.
The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 | Charles LambUnless a writer feels free, things will not come to him, he cannot burgeon on any subject whatsoever.
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British Dictionary definitions for burgeon
bourgeon
/ (ˈbɜːdʒən) /
(often foll by forth or out) (of a plant) to sprout (buds)
(intr ; often foll by forth or out) to develop or grow rapidly; flourish
a bud of a plant
Origin of burgeon
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