mushrooming

SayMUSH-room-ing/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːmɪŋ/

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4 meanings of mushrooming

1
nounusually singular
Fast, sudden growth, when something grows or spreads very quickly.
Like mushrooms popping up overnight after rain.
The town saw a mushrooming of small shops along the main street.
Everyone noticed the mushrooming of new apps for sharing photos.
Similarproliferation, explosion, boom, growth, expansion
Oppositedecline, contraction, shrinkage
2
verb
Present participle of mushroom. Use this form for something growing or spreading very fast right now.
Costs are mushrooming faster than the company expected.
The number of users keeps mushrooming every month.
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3
noununcountable
The activity of going out to pick wild mushrooms.
Like going out to pick berries, but you look for mushrooms instead.
Fall is the best season for mushrooming in the nearby woods.
She loves mushrooming with her grandfather on weekends.
Similarforaging
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4
noununcountable
The way the end of something spreads out into a wide, round shape like a mushroom top.
Like the way a lump of clay flattens and spreads when you press it down.
The mushrooming of the chisel's end happened after years of hammering.
Repeated blows caused the mushrooming of the metal post's top.
Similarexpansion, flattening

mushrooming is a form of mushroom

mushroom, verb: To grow very fast and become much bigger, or to spread quickly. Full entry

Forms: mushroommushrooms he/she/itmushrooming -ing formmushroomed past tense, past participle
Spelling: mushroom → mushrooming: add -ing

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