Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
- intransitive verb To begin to grow or blossom.
- intransitive verb To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bud; sprout; put forth new buds; shoot forth, as a branch.
- noun A bud; a sprout.
- noun A boss used for the cover of a book, to prevent injury to the binding. Often written burgen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To bud. See
bourgeon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
bud ,sprout ,shoot - verb intransitive To
grow orexpand . - verb intransitive To
swell to the point ofbursting . - verb intransitive, archaic Of plants, to
bloom ,bud .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grow and flourish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The reason that the number of universes burgeon is that these parallel worlds evolve not out of human decisions but out of quantum events: out of the tendency for atoms and other particles to exist in two simultaneous states.
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2007
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There, too, at the University, his poetical gifts commenced to "burgeon" luxuriantly.
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The Republicans are content to watch fiscal and economic troubles of their own making burgeon into a conflagration, betting that an unsophisticated electorate will blame the current occupant of the White House come 2012.
Peter S. Goodman: No Secrets In America's Latest Economic Crisis: Weak Economies, Weak Leaders Peter S. Goodman 2011
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I like the idea of when rock 'n' roll started to burgeon, push the envelope and speak on behalf of people who were trying to have a revolution.
Crystal Chan: Mother Mother's Ryan Guldemond Exercises "His Right to be Loud" Crystal Chan 2011
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When we look back, the past 24 hours will probably prove to be the moment at which this scandal ceased to "burgeon," as the media like to say about scandals, and started to recede.
Is the Worst Over for David Cameron? Brian M. Carney 2011
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The Republicans are content to watch fiscal and economic troubles of their own making burgeon into a conflagration, betting that an unsophisticated electorate will blame the current occupant of the White House come 2012.
Peter S. Goodman: No Secrets In America's Latest Economic Crisis: Weak Economies, Weak Leaders Peter S. Goodman 2011
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I like the idea of when rock 'n' roll started to burgeon, push the envelope and speak on behalf of people who were trying to have a revolution.
Crystal Chan: Mother Mother's Ryan Guldemond Exercises "His Right to be Loud" Crystal Chan 2011
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"There is ongoing activity presently in Yemen in Somalia, to name the two countries which may yet burgeon into full-fledged conflicts."
Study Finds Extensive Waste in War Contracting Nathan Hodge 2011
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I like the idea of when rock 'n' roll started to burgeon, push the envelope and speak on behalf of people who were trying to have a revolution.
Crystal Chan: Mother Mother's Ryan Guldemond Exercises "His Right to be Loud" Crystal Chan 2011
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The Republicans are content to watch fiscal and economic troubles of their own making burgeon into a conflagration, betting that an unsophisticated electorate will blame the current occupant of the White House come 2012.
Peter S. Goodman: No Secrets In America's Latest Economic Crisis: Weak Economies, Weak Leaders Peter S. Goodman 2011
lweber5@scf.edu commented on the word burgeon
Dictionary.com, The market for collectibles has burgeoned in recent years.
November 5, 2010
kingparton commented on the word burgeon
Talk like that is the rain that should make buried love for one's country burgeon.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Devil on the Cross
December 14, 2011
mohitanand commented on the word burgeon
verb: grow and flourish
China's housing market is burgeoning, but some predict that the growth is merely a bubble and will burst much like the U.S. real estate bubble of 2008.
October 19, 2016