ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away"
a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
add by mixing or blending on or attaching; "work in the butter and the dough will get the right consistency"; "In his speech, the presidential candidate worked in a lot of learned words"
a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"