mushrooming

mushrooming

English

Verb

mushrooming

1. present participle of mushroom

Noun

mushrooming (countable and uncountable, plural mushroomings)

1. The act of gathering mushrooms.
   • 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren

     I'll lock up and go watercressing. Or mushrooming. Or some damn thing.

2. Rapid or explosive growth.
3. The formation of a mushroom-like shape.