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- Dictionaryburgeon/ˈbəːdʒ(ə)n/
verb
- 1. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "the city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre"
noun
- 1. a bud or young shoot. archaic, literary
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1. a. : to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout. b. : bloom. when the flame trees and jacaranda are burgeoning Alan Carmichael. 2. : to grow and expand rapidly : flourish. The market for her work has burgeoned in recent years.
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.
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.
1. to put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout. 2. to grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish. the burgeoning suburbs.
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.]
burgeon in American English. (ˈbɜːrdʒən) intransitive verb. 1. to grow or develop quickly; flourish. The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor. 2. (often fol. by out, forth) to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant.
