bloom
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (collective) Flowers.collectivecountableuncountable
2. (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.Examples: "The cherry trees are in bloom."; "sight of vernal bloom"; "O, not for thee the glow, the bloom, Who changest not in any gale, Nor branding summer suns avail To touch thy thousand years of gloom: […]"uncountable
3. (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.Examples: "the bloom of youth"; "every successive mother had transmitted to her child a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty."; "We can have some more / Nature is a whore / Bruises on the fruit / Tender age in bloom"countablefigurativelyuncountable
4. (countable, uncountable) An algal bloom.Examples: "Where upwellings or other sources of nutrients allow Ehux to abound, it can proliferate, as blooms, to the point that the ocean turns milky."countableuncountable
5. (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.Examples: "the rose-red cobalt bloom"countableuncountable
6. (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.Examples: "Charitable affection bloomed them."transitive
2. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.Examples: "The Tree of Life[…]blooming Ambrosial Fruit Of vegetable Gold."; "Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? / Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,— / While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, / And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue; [...]"transitive
3. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.Examples: "A flower which once / In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, / Began to bloom."Synonyms: blossom, flowerintransitive
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.Examples: "Shadows bloomed over the yard."; "Anger bloomed up from his throat."figurativelyintransitive
5. (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.Examples: "Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested."; "The attacking three have also been allowed to bloom. Liberated from deep defensive duties Eden Hazard has become more expressive, more obviously, flashily complete."; "A better country blooms to view, / Beneath a brighter sky."figurativelyintransitive
6. (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
Definition source: Wiktionary