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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

  • (..) - Gout? - Better. - And my cough. This is her doing. - How much have you had to drink? - No, it's the mushrooms. Send the log downstream. - I thought you said you'll let bygones be bygones. - Not yet, nut-hook. What's in it for you? - What are you talking about? (..)
    2012 Snow White and the Huntsman