bloom
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (1)blooms, bloomed, blooming
- produce or yield flowers“The cherry tree bloomed”Synonyms: blossomflowerMore general developMore specific effloresce, burst forth
Noun (6)blooms
- the organic process of bearing flowers“you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed”Synonyms: bloomingType of organic process, biological process
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful partsSynonyms: flowerblossomType of reproductive structureKinds bud, chrysanthemum, apetalous flower, floret, inflorescence, ray flowerPart of angiosperm, flowering plantParts stamen, carpel, perianth, ovary, pistil, floral leaf
- the best time of youthSynonyms: bloom of youthsalad daysType of time of lifePart of youth
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good healthSynonyms: blushflushrosinessType of good health, healthiness
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivitySynonyms: flowerprimepeakheydayblossomefflorescenceflushType of time period, period of timeKinds golden age
- a powdery deposit on a surfaceSynonyms: efflorescenceType of crystallization, crystallisation
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Translations
Noun bloom, powdery coating on fruit
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. blome, fr. Icel. blóm, blómi; akin to Sw. blom, Goth. bl…ma, OS. bl…mo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma, G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. bl…wan to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and cf. Blossom.
1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
The rich blooms of the tropics.— William Hickling Prescott
2. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom. “Sight of vernal bloom.” John Milton
3. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.
Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.— Nathaniel Hawthorne
4. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.
A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it.— William M. Thackeray
5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. Knight, Edward Henry
7. Mineralogy A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom.— John Milton
2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.
A better country blooms to view, Beneath a brighter sky.— John Logan
1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. rare
Charitable affection bloomed them.— Richard Hooker
2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. rare John Milton
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.— John Keats
Origin: AS. bl…ma a mass or lump, īsenes bl…ma a lump or wedge of iron.
Metallurgy (a) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling. (b) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54