BURGEON
Dictionary entry overview: What does burgeon mean? • BURGEON (verb)
The verb BURGEON has 1 sense:
1. grow and flourish
Familiarity information: BURGEON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BURGEON (verb)
Meaning:
Grow and flourish
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
The burgeoning administration / The burgeoning population
Hypernyms (to "burgeon" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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