mushroom
noun
any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
mushroomed
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past participleof mushroom.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mushroom.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mushroomnounany of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
Example Sentences
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To understand how the people mover mushroomed in price, let’s start at the beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Military helicopters backed by tractors on the ground hauled water Sunday to help firefighters tame Belgium's largest modern-day wildfire, which mushroomed in size since breaking out two days earlier in a hard-to-access nature reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
That all changed as the Premier League's global appeal mushroomed.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Since last fall, when Kakaiya began selling the model, clinician interest has mushroomed.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
In the fashion of the very Orthodox, their hair was closely cropped, except for the area near their ears from which mushroomed the untouched hair that tumbled down into the long side curls.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
