But the sense of burgeon that indicates growing or expanding and prospering (as in "the burgeoning music scene" or "the burgeoning international market") has been in established …

Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream films. The internet has thus functioned for the burgeoning movement as an anchor …

BURGEON definition: to grow or develop quickly; flourish. See examples of burgeon used in a sentence.

Definition of burgeon verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to begin to grow or develop rapidly. New running clubs have burgeoned over the past decade. Manufacturers are …

Under the pale blue sky the trees seemed visibly to burgeon: yesterday's bare branches swelled into bud and would be in leaf by tomorrow.

Dec 11, 2025 · burgeon (third-person singular simple present burgeons, present participle burgeoning, simple past and past participle burgeoned) (intransitive) To grow or expand.

usage: The two senses of burgeon, “to bud” and “to grow or flourish,” date from the 14th century. Today the sense “to grow or flourish” is the more common. Occasionally, objections are raised …

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, usage of the word “burgeon” died out around the 18th century with one exception — when talking about gardening. However, the word found a new …

Use the verb burgeon to describe something that is growing, expanding, and flourishing. If you have a green thumb, in the spring your flower gardens may burgeon. If you don't have a green …

Burgeon definition: To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.