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to mushroom

to mushroom

1 6.2
To go into the woods to pick wild mushrooms
  • verb
  • /ˈmʌʃruːm/
: recoger setas
  • She enjoys mushrooming with her family, teaching her children how to identify edible types while foraging.
  • go mushrooming

Examples

  • Spotting and harvesting mushrooms may seem second nature to William, but his deep well of insight and knowledge didn't happen overnight.

  • For fun, I like to gather mushrooms and feed them to the wounded animals.

  • Like, I mean, if someone picks a wrong mushroom thinking they could go out and and pick some and so.

  • When Constellation was first floated, it was about 104 billion with two flights; that number mushroomed into the 140 billion range with reduced funding for the Altair lander.

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  • Every autumn, my friends and I love to mushroom in the local forest, searching for delicious wild varieties.

  • During our trip to the countryside, we spent the day mushrooming in the fields, hoping to find some rare species.

Phrasal Verbs

Start to grow or spread very quickly across an area

Compounds

A large cloud that rises after a big explosion and looks like a mushroom

A mushroom cap filled with a tasty mix like cheese or meat usually cooked in an oven

An edible mushroom from East Asia with a brown rounded top used in cooking

A sauce made with mushrooms to add flavor to foods like meat or pasta

A thick smooth soup that people make from mushrooms and milk or cream and use in casseroles

A soft grey mushroom that grows in flat clusters on dead wood and is used in cooking

A small white mushroom with long thin stems used in Asian cooking

1 5.3

A small mushroom you can eat with a white cap and long stem used in Asian cooking

A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion

1 8.6

A mushroom used in religious ceremonies that makes people see or feel things

An edible mushroom that grows in grassy places

A mushroom from East Asia used in cooking with a dark cap and a tough, inedible stem

An edible mushroom with a smooth orange or brown cap and a velvety stalk that grows in clusters

1 9.8

A gathering where people eat mushrooms to see or feel things that are not real

A brown sauce made from mushrooms and red wine served with meat

A common white mushroom that grows in fields and people eat

A honey-colored edible mushroom that grows near tree roots in late summer and autumn and must be cooked before eating

An edible mushroom with a tall stalk and a round cap that grows in woods in autumn

mushroom poisoning
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A sickness caused by eating poisonous wild mushrooms

A round wild mushroom that releases a cloud of tiny spores when touched

A small edible mushroom with a thin stalk that grows on rotting wood

A mushroom that grows in a circle on grass

A white, jelly-like food often sold dried and used in East Asian soups and desserts

mushroom party
  • Informal
1 7.6

A social event where people share mushroom dishes and decorations

mushroom coral
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A hard coral with a flat, round body that usually sits alone on the sea floor

mushroom anchor
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A heavy metal device with a bowl-shaped head that digs into soft sea floor to hold boats

1 7.5

A mushroom you can eat that grows in clusters in sandy soil under cottonwood trees

A mushroom you can eat with a soft, sponge-like head covered in pits and ridges

An edible yellowish mushroom that often turns red when bruised in woodlands

A poisonous mushroom with a wrinkled cap that looks like a brain

9.9

A slime mold that grows on decaying plants and wood

miter mushroom
  • Specialized
9.9

A pale mushroom with a saddle-shaped cap and a stalk with lines and small holes

An edible East Asian mushroom used in cooking with a golden to dark brown cap and a stem not eaten

green mushroom pimple
  • Specialized
9.9

A green mold that grows on mushroom tops and makes them not safe to eat

grainy club mushroom
  • Specialized
9.3

A small fungus with a grainy surface and a club shape

A large mushroom you can eat with a hollow stem and a broad white cap found in grasslands

A mushroom whose cap turns into black ink when it gets old

roof mushroom
  • Specialized
9.8

A mushroom with a pointed cap like a house roof that grows in damp places in early summer

A fungus that grows on some mushrooms and makes them orange and bumpy

A dark brown or black mushroom used in Asian cooking

pore mushroom
  • Specialized
9.5

A woody mushroom with many small tubes or holes under it that hold spores

sawdust mushroom
  • Specialized
9.8

A black mushroom with wrinkled caps that grows in piles of sawdust

shaggymane mushroom
  • Specialized
7.2

A common mushroom with a long shaggy white cap that you can eat

A mushroom with a sticky, shiny cap that can be poisonous

A long thin white mushroom with a small cap that people use in Japanese cooking

white slime mushroom
  • Specialized
9.9

A white, soft growth that lives on dead wood and decaying plants in damp places

How Much

to harvest
117 1.6
to gather
∞ 1.0
to mushroom
1 6.2
to pick
88 1.4
to pluck
125 3.5

Surface Forms

mushroom infinitive
mushroomed past
mushroomed past participle
mushrooming present participle
mushrooms third person singular

Etymology

The verb mushroom meaning 'to pick mushrooms' comes straight from the noun mushroom, because people would go out to find and gather the fungi. So to mushroom is to search for and collect wild mushrooms.