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Definition of 'Bloom'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bloom
the flower of a plant.

2.  bloom
flowers collectively, as of a plant or tree.

3.  bloom
the state of flowering:
lilacs in bloom.

4.  bloom
a flourishing, healthy condition; the time of greatest beauty, vigor, or freshness:
the bloom of youth.

5.  bloom
a glowing or glossiness indicative of health, vigor, or youth, esp. a flush on the cheek.

6.  bloom
a whitish, powdery coating on the surface of certain fruits, as the grape, or some leaves.

7.  bloom
any similar surface coating or appearance, as on newly minted coins or on rocks or minerals.

8.  bloom
a clouded or dull area on a varnished or lacquered surface.

9.  bloom
the sudden development of conspicuous masses of organisms, as algae on the surface of a lake.

10. (v.i.) bloom
to produce or yield blossoms.

11.  bloom
to thrive.

12.  bloom
to be in or achieve a state of healthful beauty and vigor.

13.  bloom
to glow with warmth or with a warm color.

14. (v.t.) bloom
to cause to yield blossoms.

15.  bloom
to make bloom or give bloom to.

16. (n.) bloom
a piece of steel, square or slightly oblong in section, reduced from an ingot to dimensions suitable for further rolling.

17.  bloom
a large lump of iron and slag, of pasty consistency when hot, hammered into wrought iron.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; repr. AL, AF blomes (pl.), OE blōma mass of iron; perh. akin to bloom¹)

Definition of 'Bloom'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) blooming, bloom
the organic process of bearing flowers
"you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed"

2. (noun) flower, bloom, blossom
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

3. (noun) bloom, bloom of youth, salad days
the best time of youth

4. (noun) bloom, blush, flush, rosiness
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

5. (noun) flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

6. (verb) efflorescence, bloom
a powdery deposit on a surface

7. (verb) bloom, blossom, flower
produce or yield flowers
"The cherry tree bloomed"

Definition of 'Bloom'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) bloom
to develop flowers
a plant that blooms in spring

2. bloom
to become healthy and attractive
She bloomed during her pregnancy.

3. (noun) bloom
a flower
spring blooms

4. bloom
in (full) bloom
producing flowers
The roses are in bloom.

Definition of 'Bloom'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bloom
a blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively

2. (noun) Bloom
the opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom

3. (noun) Bloom
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

4. (noun) Bloom
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

5. (noun) Bloom
the clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture

6. (noun) Bloom
a yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather

7. (noun) Bloom
a popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom

8. (noun) Bloom
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

9. (noun) Bloom
a large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working

10. (verb) Bloom
to produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower

11. (verb) Bloom
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

12. (verb) Bloom
to cause to blossom; to make flourish

13. (verb) Bloom
to bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant

Translation of 'Bloom'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a flower These blooms are withering now.
Afrikaans: bloeisel	Arabic: زَهْرَةٌ، نَوْرَةٌ	Bulgarian: цвете
Brazilian: flor	Czech: květ, květina	German: die Blume
Danish: blomst	Greek: άνθος	Spanish: flor
Estonian: õis	Farsi: شکوفه؛ غنچه	Finnish: kukka
French: fleur	Hebrew: פֶּרַח	Hindi: फूल
Croatian: cvijet	Hungarian: virág	Indonesian: bunga
Icelandic: blóm	Italian: fiore	Japanese: 花
Korean: 꽃	Lithuanian: žiedas	Latvian: zieds
Malay: bunga	Dutch: bloem	Norwegian: blomst
Polish: kwiat	Persian: شکوفه؛ غنچه	Pashto: ګل ، غوړیدل
Portuguese: flor	Romanian: floare	Russian: цветок
Slovak: kvet, kvetina	Slovenian: cvetica	Serbian: cvet
Swedish: blomma	Thai: ดอกไม้	Turkish: çiçek
Taiwanese: 花	Ukrainian: цвіт	Urdu: پھول کلیاں
Vietnamese: hoa	Chinese: 花
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