mushroom
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Is mushroom a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
2. (obsolete, figurative) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.Examples: "upstarts […]call in reproach mushrooms"figurativelyobsolete
3. (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.Examples: "The craze [hula hoops] began in the U.S.A., and in October the boom crossed the Atlantic and 40 firms sprang into being, some being overnight mushrooms."figuratively
adj (English)
1. (attributive) Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.Examples: "mushroom cloud"attributivenot-comparable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, figurative) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.Examples: "The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years."; "In Beilu Village of Liucun Town in Yaodu District, Linfen, abnormal illnesses continued to emerge, as a result of clusters of highly-polluting enterprises mushrooming in the vicinity."; "The world's population of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, a super-elite with assets of at least $30m, has now mushroomed beyond 250,000 people, all in need of somewhere to store their wealth."figurativelyintransitive
2. (intransitive) To gather mushrooms.Examples: "We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend."intransitive
3. (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.Examples: "Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld."intransitive
4. (intransitive) To form the shape of a mushroom.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary