ALL meanings of burgeon
bur·geon
B b - verb burgeon If something burgeons, it grows or develops rapidly. 3
- verb burgeon (of a plant) to sprout (buds) 3
- verb burgeon to develop or grow rapidly; flourish 3
- noun burgeon a bud of a plant 3
- intransitive verb burgeon to put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout 3
- intransitive verb burgeon to grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish 3
- noun burgeon The two senses of burgeon, “to bud” (The maples are burgeoning) and “to grow or flourish” (The suburbs around the city have been burgeoning under the impact of commercial growth), date from the 14th century. Today the sense “to grow or flourish” is the more common. Occasionally, objections are raised to the use of this sense, perhaps because of its popularity in journalistic writing. 1
- intransitive verb burgeon plant: sprout, grow 1
- intransitive verb burgeon flourish, develop 1
- verb without object burgeon to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor. 1
- verb without object burgeon to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth). 1
- verb with object burgeon to put forth, as buds. 1
- noun burgeon a bud; sprout. 1
- noun burgeon (Obsolete (No longer in use)) bud, sprout, shoot. 0
- verb burgeon (Intransitive Verb) To grow or expand. 0
- verb burgeon (Intransitive Verb) To swell to the point of bursting. 0
- verb burgeon (Intransitive Verb) (archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud. 0