Bloom - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bluːm|  American pronunciation of the word bloom
Brit.  |bluːm|  British pronunciation of the word bloom

noun

- the organic process of bearing flowers (syn: blooming)
you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (syn: blossom, flower)
- the best time of youth
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health (syn: blush, flush)
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (syn: blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime)
- a powdery deposit on a surface (syn: efflorescence)

verb

- produce or yield flowers (syn: blossom, flower)
The cherry tree bloomed

Extra examples

Their love was just beginning to bloom.

Life bloomed up with happiness and hope.

Heaps of snow as the day advanced, bloomed with a rosy light.

The rosy bloom of her cheeks had faded.

She was blooming the last time I saw her.

The cherry tree bloomed

The plant is difficult to coax into bloom.

These plants should bloom until the first frost of the season.

...the flower bulbs went from latency to full bloom in a matter of days...

...the regeneration of knitting and crocheting is in full bloom, with Hollywood stars admitting they knit and crochet on movie sets...

Flowers bloom.

Illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.

The roses were now in full bloom.

...the fragrance of lilac trees in full bloom...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bloom
he/she/it: blooms
present participle: blooming
past tense: bloomed
past participle: bloomed
noun
singular: bloom
plural: blooms
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