burgeoning

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   That buds, grows or expands; developing.

   burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.

2. 2
   verb

   present participle and gerund of burgeon

3. 3
   noun

   The act of budding or sprouting.

4. 4
   noun

   A bud or branch.

5. 5
   noun

   A new growth or expansion of something.