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Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
A state or time of
beauty
,
freshness
, and
vigor
; an
opening
to higher
perfection
,
analogous
to that of
buds
into blossoms.
●
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.
●
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.
●
In Mineralogy:
A bright-hued
variety
of some minerals.
●
In Cooking:
A
white
area of
cocoa butter
that
forms
on the surface
of
chocolate
when
warmed
and cooled.
●
In Television:
An
undesirable
halo effect
that may
occur
when a very
bright
region
is
displayed
next to
a very
dark
region
of the screen.
●
In Video games:
The increase in
bullet
spread
over time
as a gun's
trigger
is
kept
held.
●
The
spongy
mass
of
metal
formed
in a
furnace
by the
smelting
process.
Verb
●
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
.
●
Of a person, business, etc, to
flourish
; to be
in a state
of
healthful
,
growing
youth
and
vigour
; to show
beauty
and freshness.
●
In Cooking:
To
bring out
the
flavor
of a
spice
by
cooking
it in oil.
●
In Cooking:
To develop a
layer
of
bloom
(white,
spotty
areas of
cocoa butter
) due to
repeated
warming
and cooling.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
bloom
English
bloma
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
blome
Middle English (1100-1500)
blóm
Old Norse
bloom
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Blossom
Flower
Flush
Glow
Flourish
Thrive
Prime
Take Off
Related
Sprout
Blossoms
Glow
Foliage
Shine
Moss
Grow
Sparkle
Rose
Bud
Vine
Germinate
Fade
Flowers
Ripen
Brown
Emerge
Frost
Hatch
Clover
Leaf
Flowering
Plant
Mature
Bird
Mist
Green
Erupt
Unfold
Prosper
Daffodils
Explode
Petals
Fruit
Fruiting
Spring
Vines
Snow
Garden
Browning
Lily
Photosynthesize
Harvest
Orchid
Tree
Burst
Groves
Rise
Bouquet
Evolve
Pollinate
Grass
Autumn
Springtime
Mushroom
Die
Lay Eggs
Bear Fruit
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Rhymes
Cwm
Loom
Zoom
Hume
Doom
Tomb
Toom
Fume
Voom
Room
Womb
Boom
Broom
Brume
Flume
Glume
Bloom
Bloom
Neume
Gloom
Grume
Fwoom
Groom
Rheum
Vroom
Spume
Coomb
Combe
Sloom
Frome
Plume
Khoum
Resume
Shroom
Enwomb
Entomb
Assume
Abloom
Kaboom
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