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BURGEON
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they burgeon ... he / she / it burgeons
Past simple: burgeoned
Past participle: burgeoned
-ing form: burgeoning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grow and flourish
Example:
The burgeoning population
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "burgeon" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
