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mushroom [ˈmʌʃruːm -rʊm] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a. the fleshy spore-producing body of any of various basidiomycetous fungi, typically consisting of a cap (see pileus) at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium. Some species, such as the field mushroom, are edible Compare toadstool b. (as modifier) mushroom soup 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the fungus producing any of these structures 3. a. something resembling a mushroom in shape or rapid growth b. (as modifier) mushroom expansion vb (intr) 1. to grow rapidly demand mushroomed overnight 2. to assume a mushroom-like shape 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to gather mushrooms [from Old French mousseron, from Late Latin mussiriō, of obscure origin] mush•room (ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊm) n. 1. any of various fleshy fungi, including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, and morels. 3. anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth. 4. a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke or rubble, formed in the atmosphere as a result of an explosion, esp. a nuclear explosion. v.i. 5. to spread, grow, or develop quickly. 6. to gather mushrooms. 7. to assume the shape of a mushroom. [1560–65; alter. (by folk etym.) of late Middle English muscheron, musseroun < Middle French mousseron « Late Latin mussiriōn-, s. of mussiriō]
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mushroom verb expand, increase, spread, boom, flourish, sprout, burgeon, spring up, shoot up, proliferate, luxuriate, grow rapidly The media training industry has mushroomed over the last decade. Mushrooms and other edible fungiblack truffle, blewit, button mushroom, cep or porcini, champignon, chanterelle, horn of plenty, meadow mushroom, morel, oyster mushroom, puffball, shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig, shiitake mushroom, straw mushroom, white truffle, wood ear mushroom Translations mushroom [ˈmʌʃrʊm] A. N (Culin) (round-topped) → champiñón m; (flat-topped) → seta f (Bot) → seta f, hongo m, callampa f (Chile) a great mushroom of smoke → un enorme hongo de humo to grow like mushrooms → crecer como hongos to spring up like mushrooms (fig) → surgir como hongos B. VI [town etc] → crecer vertiginosamente the cloud of smoke went mushrooming up → una nube de humo ascendió en forma de hongo C. CPD [salad, omelette etc] → de champiñones mushroom cloud N → hongo m nuclear mushroom growth N → crecimiento m vertiginoso mushroom town N → ciudad f que crece vertiginosamente mushroom [ˈmʌʃruːm] n → champignon m modif [soup, omelette, sauce] → aux champignons vi (= grow) [town] → pousser comme un champignon; [population, costs] → augmenter rapidement; [company] → se développer rapidement; [number] → se multiplier mushroom cloud n → champignon m atomique mushroom n → (essbarer) Pilz; (= button mushroom) → Champignon m; (= atomic mushroom) → Pilz m; a great mushroom of smoke → ein großer Rauchpilz; to spring up or sprout like mushrooms → wie die Pilze aus dem Boden schießen attr (made of mushrooms) → Pilz-, Champignon-; mushroom soup → Pilz- or Champignonsuppe f; mushroom farm → Pilzzuchtbetrieb m; mushroom-picker → Pilzsammler(in) m(f) (= mushroom-shaped) → pilzförmig (= rapid and ephemeral) growth → sprunghaft vi (= grow rapidly) → wie die Pilze aus dem Boden schießen; unemployment has mushroomed → die Arbeitslosigkeit ist explosionsartig angestiegen; to mushroom into something → sich rasch zu etw entwickeln mushroom [ˈmʌʃrum] 1. n (Bot) → fungo 2. adj (soup, omelette) → ai or coi funghi; (flavour) → di funghi; (colour) → color beige rosato inv 3. vi a. (town) → svilupparsi rapidamente; (houses) → spuntare come funghi the cloud of smoke went mushrooming up → la nuvola di fumo si alzò prendendo la forma di un fungo b. to go mushrooming → andare per funghi, andare a cercare funghi a type of fungus, usually shaped like an umbrella, many varieties of which are edible. verb to grow in size very rapidly. The town has mushroomed since all the new industry was brought in. mushroom → عيش الغراب houba champignon Pilz μανιτάρι champiñón sieni champignon gljiva fungo マッシュルーム 버섯 champignon sopp grzyb cogumelo гриб svamp เห็ด mantar nấm 蘑菇 mushroom n. hongo, seta, champiñón; ___ poisoning → envenenamiento por ___ -s. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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