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BOURGEON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Example:
the potatoes sprouted
Synonyms:
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "bourgeon" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
