also bour·geon intr.v., -geoned also -geoned, -geon·ing -geon·ing, -geons -geons.

1. 1. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
   2. To begin to grow or blossom.
2. To grow or develop rapidly.

[Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud, from Vulgar Latin *burriō, burriōn-, from Late Latin burra, a shaggy garment.]

verb

1. To bear flowers: bloom, blossom, blow, effloresce, flower. See better/worse, rich/poor.
2. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal beef up. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: grow rapidly
Antonyms: shrink

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: grow and flourish

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - spire, knoppes, begynde at blomstre

Nederlands (Dutch)
opbloeien, uitlopen, knop

Français (French)
v. intr. - bourgeonner, éclore, se couvrir de bourgeons, naître (le talent), être en pleine croissance (la population), être en pleine expansion (le commerce, l'industrie)
n. - bourgeon

Deutsch (German)
v. - blühen, ausschlagen
n. - Knospe, Sproß

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μπουμπουκιάζω, (μτφ.) φουντώνω, παίρνω διαστάσεις
n. - (φυτολ.) οφθαλμίδιο, μάτι

Italiano (Italian)
germogliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - crescer ou desenvolver-se rapidamente
n. - broto (m), rebento (m)

Русский (Russian)
распускаться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - germinar, brotar, retoñar
n. - yema, retoño

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - knoppas, spira
n. - knopp

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
萌芽, 急速成长

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 萌芽, 急速成長

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 싹이 트다, 성장하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 芽, 若枝, 新芽
v. - 芽ぐむ, 芽生える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) بدا في الظهور و النمو, برعم (الاسم) برعم, نمو مفاجىء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התפתח, לבלב‬

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