bloom.
THE SHORT MEANINGA flower opening into its full form.
NatureMeaning & usage
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
Flowers.
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
The cherry trees are in bloom.
A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
the bloom of youth
Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
An algal bloom.
A group of jellyfish, especially one caused by a swift increase in the population and especially when they are stranded on shore; the occurrence of such a bloom, and the ecological impact it has.
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
the rose-red cobalt bloom
A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
A natural protective coating on an eggshell.
An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
A fan of Filipino girl group BINI.
A large swarm of ladybugs.
A residue left on a surface as a result of a chemical process.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
Shadows bloomed over the yard.
Anger bloomed up from his throat.
Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the taste.
To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using them.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”).
The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English blome, from Old English blōma (“lump of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Bloom, bluum, blööm (“flower”), Saterland Frisian Bloume (“flower”), West Frisian and Limburgish blom (“flower”), Bavarian Bleame, Bleaml, Bleampl (“flower”), Dutch bloem, blom (“flower”), German Blume (“flower”), Luxembourgish Blumm (“flower”), Vilamovian błum (“flower”), West Flemish blomme (“flower”), Yiddish בלום (blum, “flower”), Danish blomme (“flower”), Faroese blóma (“flower”), Icelandic blóm (“flower”), Norwegian Nynorsk blom, blome (“flower”), Swedish blomma (“flower”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma, “lily”), Vandalic *bluma (“flower”); also Breton bleuñv (“flowers; flowering”), Cornish blejan, blejen, bleujen, bleujenn (“blossom, flower”), Irish bláth (“flower”), Manx blaa (“flower; heyday”), Scottish Gaelic blàth (“bloom, blossom, flower; consequence, effect; heyday”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Latin flōs (“blossom, flower”), Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf; blade; sheet; foil, plate”), Armenian բող (boġ), բոխի (boxi, “a kind of bitter field-plant, probably horse fennel, Hippomarathrum or a kind of fennel or wild parsley”), Tocharian A pält (“leaf; blade”), Tocharian B pilta (“leaf; blade”), Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla, “full-blown flower”), पुल्ल (pulla, “flower”). Related to blow, blade, blead; also related to flower, foil, and belladonna.
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