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mushroom

Definition

  • noun: a fungus that is shaped like an umbrella
  • noun: an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus
  • verb: to increase or develop very quickly
  • verb: to well up and spread out laterally from a central source
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: upstart, short-lived, ephemerial

Examples

  • The population has 'mushroomed' [='shot up'] over the past 10 years. = The town has 'mushroomed' in population over the past 10 years.

  • Interest in local history is suddenly 'mushrooming'.

  • Her hobby 'mushroomed' into a thriving business.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I should eat something. - Okay, so we'll see you tomorrow. - Okay, yeah. - See ya. - Okay. All right, one mushroom ravioli. - Thanks. - Yeah, no problem. So are you sure there isn't anything I can get for you? No. No, thank you. (..)
    2008 Twilight