burgeon
(verb) grow and flourish; “The burgeoning administration”; “The burgeoning population”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
burgeon (plural burgeons)
(obsolete) A bud, sprout, shoot.
burgeon (third-person singular simple present burgeons, present participle burgeoning, simple past and past participle burgeoned)
(intransitive) To grow or expand.
Synonyms: blossom, expand, grow, sprout
(intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.
(intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
Synonyms: blossom, bud, green, sprout
Source: Wiktionary
Bur"geon, v. i.
Definition: To bud. See Bourgeon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
