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mushrooming

mushrooming noun: the act of gathering mushrooms. Also the present participle and gerund of mushroom.

Noun

mushrooming (countable and uncountable, plural mushroomings)

  1. The act of gathering mushrooms.
    • I'll lock up and go watercressing. Or mushrooming. Or some damn thing.1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren
  2. Rapid or explosive growth.
  3. The formation of a mushroom-like shape.

Also used as

mushrooming is also the present participle and gerund of mushroom.

Forms of mushrooming

pluralmushroomings

Questions about mushrooming

What does mushrooming mean?
Mushrooming means the act of gathering mushrooms.
What part of speech is mushrooming?
Mushrooming is a noun.
What is the plural of mushrooming?
The plural of mushrooming is mushroomings.

Words near mushrooming in the dictionary

  1. mushroomer
  2. mushroomers
  3. mushroomic
  4. mushroomier
  5. mushroomiest
  6. mushrooming
  7. mushroomings
  8. mushroomless
  9. mushroomlike
  10. mushroomoid
  11. mushrooms

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