{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY July 2, 2019----------------burgeon

WORD OF THE DAY July 2, 2019

burgeon    verb | BER-jun   Definition   1 a : to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout   b : bloom   2 : to grow and expand rapidly : flourish   Scroll down for more about burgeon     TRENDING NOW: gerrymander gerrymandering concentration camp animus SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Clocking a Newer Sense of 'Clock'     The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 6/28/19   'Trooper' vs. 'Trouper': Choose Your Winner     'Buck Naked' or 'Butt Naked'?       WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE     Up in the Sky: A Quiz   It's a bird? It's a plane? No, I'm really asking. What is it?     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! TAKE ME THERE        Did You Know?   Burgeon first appeared in Middle English as burjonen—a borrowing from the Anglo-French burjuner, meaning "to bud or sprout." Burgeon is often used figuratively, as when writer P. G. Wodehouse used it in the 1946 novel Joy in the Morning: "I weighed this. It sounded promising. Hope began to burgeon." Usage commentators have objected to the use of burgeon to mean "to flourish" or "to grow rapidly," insisting that any figurative use should stay true to the word's earliest literal meaning and distinguish budding or sprouting from subsequent growing. 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 use for decades and is, in fact, the most common use of burgeon today.     Examples of BURGEON   The trout population in the stream has burgeoned since the town implemented its laws against overfishing.   "Original plans called for Hollywood Studios to be an entertainment pavilion…. But as concepts burgeoned among Disney's 'Imagineers,' it became clear that there was enough material to make this pavilion a theme park of its own." — Bruce Pecho, The Florida Times-Union, 5 May 2019   Name That Synonym   Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of burgeon: p _ _ l _ f _ r _ _ e.   VIEW THE ANSWER              MORE WORD FUN:       WORD GAMES            TRENDING NOW            WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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