- to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
- to be brimming or filled to bursting; abound (usually followed by with): All the new students are burgeoning with energy and potential. The kitchen drawers were burgeoning with tea towels.
- to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth).
- to put forth, as buds.
- (of a plant) to sprout (buds)
- to develop or grow rapidly; flourish
- a bud of a plant
