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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
bloom
n 1: the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all
bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: blooming,
bloom]
2: reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having
showy or colorful parts [syn: flower, bloom, blossom]
3: the best time of youth [syn: bloom, bloom of youth,
salad days]
4: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of
good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness]
5: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn:
flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom,
efflorescence, flush]
6: a powdery deposit on a surface [syn: efflorescence,
bloom]
v 1: produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn:
bloom, blossom, flower]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bloom \Bloom\, n. [AS. bl?ma a mass or lump, [imac]senes bl?ma a
lump or wedge of iron.] (Metal.)
(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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bloom \Bloom\, n. [OE. blome, fr. Icel. bl?m, bl?mi; 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.
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The rich blooms of the tropics. --Prescott.
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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." --Milton.
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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.
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Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter
bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.
--Hawthorne.
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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.
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A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom
upon it. --Thackeray.
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5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon
the surface of a picture.
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6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on
well-tanned leather. --Knight.
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7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some
minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bloom \Bloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bloomed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blooming.]
1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be
in flower.
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A flower which once
In Paradise, fast by the tree of life,
Began to bloom. --Milton.
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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.
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A better country blooms to view,
Beneath a brighter sky. --Logan.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bloom \Bloom\, v. t.
1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.]
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Charitable affection bloomed them. --Hooker.
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2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.]
--Milton.
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While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.
--Keats.
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Thesaurus Results for Bloom:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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