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mushroom

/ˈmʌʃruːm/

/ˈmʌʃrʊm/

Translations

mushroomnoun

mushrooms

/ˈmʌʃruːm/

/ˈmʌʃrʊm/

champignon

Button mushrooms are commonly used in salads.

Les champignons de Paris sont couramment utilisés dans les salades.

Additional translations

champignonDans l’expression « mushroom cloud ».

Synonyms

mushroomverb

mushroomed

Past Simple

mushroomed

Past Participle

mushrooming

Gerund

/ˈmʌʃ.ruːm/

/ˈmʌʃ.ɹum/

proliférerSe dit d’une croissance ou d’une expansion rapide.

The city's population began to mushroom after the new factory opened.

La population de la ville a commencé à proliférer après l’ouverture de la nouvelle usine.

Synonyms

rapidly increase

escalate

boom

expand rapidly

swell

spring up

shoot up

explode (in growth)

multiply rapidly

mushroom (as verb)

mushroomadjective

/ˈmʌʃ.ruːm/

/ˈmʌʃˌrum/

Used mainly attributively; generally not gradable

aux champignonsPour indiquer qu’un plat contient des champignons.

She ordered a mushroom soup for lunch.

Elle a commandé une soupe aux champignons pour le déjeuner.

Additional translations

fulgurantPour une croissance ou une expansion très rapide.

Synonyms

rapidly expanding

Definitions

mushroomnoun

The fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically with a stalk and a cap, often eaten as food.

Button mushrooms are commonly used in salads.

Any of various fungi that produce such fruiting bodies.

A mushroom can thrive in damp, shaded areas.

A cloud of smoke and debris shaped like a mushroom, typically resulting from an explosion.

The nuclear test created a massive mushroom cloud visible for miles.

mushroomverb

To increase, spread, or develop rapidly.

The city's population began to mushroom after the new factory opened.

mushroomadjective

Containing or made with mushrooms.

She ordered a mushroom soup for lunch.

Emerging or developing very quickly; rapidly expanding.

The region experienced mushroom growth in the 1990s.