What Does It Mean 'To Mushroom'? - March 13, 2025

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1. 0:08And now, words and their stories from VOA Learning English.
2. 0:19Mushrooms are a popular food in many parts of the world.
3. 0:25Some people even like to go out into the woods or forest to pick wild mushrooms.
4. 0:33They know which ones to eat and where they grow.
5. 0:37Mushrooms grow very quickly, often overnight.
6. 0:43Dark, wet areas in the forest might be without mushrooms one day and filled with fungi by the next day.
7. 0:52The mushrooms have sprung up overnight.
8. 0:57To spring up means to appear or develop suddenly or quickly.
9. 1:04So, we can compare things that grow fast or increase suddenly to springing up like mushrooms.
10. 1:14For example, because there are many online streaming platforms, new programs are springing up like mushrooms.
11. 1:24We can also use mushroom as a verb,
12. 1:28meaning to grow or expand widely and over a short period of time.
13. 1:35For example, schools in the city improved greatly, and the number of parks increased as well.
14. 1:44So, the number of families moving to the area mushroomed in recent years.
15. 1:51Good things and bad things can develop quickly.
16. 1:56If a problem or issue gets bigger very quickly, Similarly, we can say it mushroomed.
17. 2:04We can even say something has mushroomed out of control.
18. 2:09For example, paying your bills on time and keeping track
19. 2:14of your spending will prevent money problems from mushrooming out of control.
20. 2:22We can also use mushroom as a phrasal verb.
21. 2:26If something mushrooms into something else, it changes very quickly.
22. 2:34For example, I had planned a simple picnic lunch with two friends.
23. 2:40But after they invited more people, it mushroomed into a much bigger party with lots of great food.
24. 2:49Here is another example.
25. 2:50What began as small edits to my story, mushroomed into a complete rewrite.
26. 3:00And that's the end of words and their stories.
27. 3:03Until next time, I'm Anna Mateo.