'Bloom' definitions:

Definition of 'bloom'

(from WordNet)
noun
The organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: blooming, bloom]
noun
Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: flower, bloom, blossom]
noun
The best time of youth [syn: bloom, bloom of youth, salad days]
noun
A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness]
noun
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]
noun
A powdery deposit on a surface [syn: efflorescence, bloom]
verb
Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower]

Definition of 'Bloom'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A better country blooms to view,
  • Beneath a brighter sky. --Logan. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bloom'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The rich blooms of the tropics. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bloom'

From: GCIDE
  • Bloom \Bloom\, v. t.
  • 1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Charitable affection bloomed them. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day. --Keats. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bloom'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bloom'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Bloom'