*They have a double life. * They have moist and scaleless skin. * Glands in skin that secrete mucus., which helps the skin keep moist. * Water and gases can pass through the amphibian skin easily, which allows the amphibians to breathe through their skin.
Definition: to grow and flourish. Synonyms: grow, thrive, rise, blossom, bloom, develop, flourish, sprout, proliferate, swell, increase. Antonyms: diminish, decrease, shrink. Tips: To burgeon means to grow or to produce new growth. Burgeon was originally used when discussing growth in nature, such as burgeoning (blossoming, sprouting) plant life. The verb burgeon and its related adjective burgeoning are often used in business and commerce to describe growth in the marketplace. Usage Examples: The buds I planted last fall will burgeon into beautiful flowers come spring.
A sudden, usually temporary increase in number or quantity: The baby boom created a bulge in school enrollment. v. bulged, bulgÂ·ing, bulgÂ·es. v.intr. To swell, protrude, or curve outward: a wall bulging after a flood; muscles bulging under a shirt. v.tr. To cause to bulge. [Middle English, pouch, from Old French bulge, bouge, from Latin bulga, bag, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh-in Indo-European roots.] bulgâ²iÂ·ness n. bulgâ²y adj. Synonyms: bulge, balloon, belly, jut, project, protrude These verbs mean to curve, spread, or extend outward past the normal or usual limit: a wallet bulging with money; a clown's pants that ballooned at the waist; a sail bellying in the wind; a boulder jutting from the hillside; a deck that projected from the house in back; eyes protruding from ...