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Definition of Bloom

1. Noun. The organic process of bearing flowers. "You will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed"

2. Verb. Produce or yield flowers. "The cherry tree bloomed"

3. Noun. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts.

4. Noun. The best time of youth.

5. Noun. A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.

6. Noun. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.

7. Noun. A powdery deposit on a surface.

Definition of Bloom

1. n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

2. v. i. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

3. v. t. To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

4. n. 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.

Definition of Bloom

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

2. Noun. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. ¹

3. Noun. Flowers, collectively. ¹

4. Noun. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open. ¹

5. Noun. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms. ¹

6. Noun. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. ¹

7. Noun. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness. ¹

8. Noun. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture. ¹

9. Noun. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. (Knight.) ¹

10. Noun. (minerology) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals. ¹

11. Noun. A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. ¹

14. Verb. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms. ¹

15. Verb. (intransitive figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish. ¹

16. Noun. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bloom

1. to bear flowers [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Bloom

1. A blossom, the flower of a plant, an expanded bud, the opening of flowers in general, leaves, flowers, or fruits. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloom

bloody noses bloody shame bloody shirt bloody sweat bloody sweats bloody up bloody warrior bloody well bloodybones bloodying

blooey blooie blook blooks bloom bloom is off the peach bloom is off the rose bloom of youth bloom syndrome bloomaries

bloomary bloomed bloomer bloomeries bloomers bloomery bloomier bloomiest blooming

Literary usage of Bloom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"The bloom of a fine summer's day ! toothy critics by the score, In bloody raw ! ... S. Now Spring has clad\ When merry May its bloom renew'd. . Л1. ..."

2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1892)
"8 00 Three plants in bloom, Dr. CG Weld 4 00 Single specimen, ... Four in bloom, John L. Gardner 8 00 Second, Dr. CG Weld 6 00 HARDY PRIMROSES AND ..."

3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"have been found by test to set in bags over 33% of the bloom buds as berries, ... Third, by breeding for increased size of bloom cluster it has been ..."

4. Around the Year in the Garden: A Seasonable Guide and Reminder for Work with by Frederick Frye Rockwell (1917)
"Bulbs will bloom the first year in almost any soil, provided they are not kept wet enough to ... But even the first season's bloom will be better in soil ..."

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