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Showing words for BURGEON using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Burgeon

burgeon

6 Letter Words for Burgeon

bourne, brogue, bunger, gunebo, rounge, unbore, unrobe

5 Letter Words for Burgeon

begun, berun, bogue, boner, borne, bouge, brune, brung, bueno, bugre, bungo, burge, ergon, erugo, gebur, genro, gerbo, goner, grone, negro, noreg, norge, orgue, rogue, rouen, rouge, unbog

4 Letter Words for Burgeon

bego, beng, beno, berg, bern, boer, bone, bong, bore, borg, born, boun, brog, bung, bure, burg, burn, buro, ebon, ebro, engr, ergo, erub, euro, genu, gerb, gneu, goen, goer, gone, gorb, gore, gren, grub, grue, grun, gurn, nebo, nore, ogre, oner, ourn, rego, reno, rgen, robe, rone, rong, roub, roue, roun, rube, ruen, rune, rung, unbe, urge

3 Letter Words for Burgeon

beg, ben, ber, boe, bog, bon, bor, bro, bug, bun, bur, ebn, ego, eng, eon, erg, ern, geb, gen, geo, ger, gnu, gob, gon, gor, gou, gro, gub, gue, gun, gur, nbe, nbg, neb, neg, neo, nob, nog, nor, nub, nur, obe, oer, one, orb, ore, org, our, reb, reg, rob, roe, rog, ron, rub, rue, rug, run, unb, ung, urb, ure, urn

Definitions for Burgeon

[1] to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
[2] to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth ).
[3] to put forth, as buds.
[4] a bud; sprout.
[5] (often foll by forth or out ) (of a plant) to sprout (buds)
[6] (intr ; often foll by forth or out) to develop or grow rapidly; flourish
[7] a bud of a plant

Words related to Burgeon

sprout, prosper, snowball, flower, bud, mushroom, blossom, increase, thrive, grow, expand

Words nearby Burgeon

burg, burgage, burgas, burgee, burgenland, burgeon, burger, burgess, burgess shale, burgh, burgher

Origin of Burgeon

1275–1325; (noun) Middle English burjon, burion shoot, bud < Anglo-French burjun, burg(e)on; Old French burjon < Vulgar Latin *burriōne(m ), accusative of *burriō, derivative of Late Latin burra wool, fluff (cf. bourrée, bureau), presumably from the down covering certain buds; (v.) Middle English burg(e)onen, borgen < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of the noun

Word origin for Burgeon

C13: from Old French burjon , perhaps ultimately from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth; from the downiness of certain buds

Synonyms for Burgeon

prosper, snowball, sprout, blossom, bud, expand, flower, grow, increase, mushroom, thrive