bloom

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (compare West Frisian blom, Dutch bloem, German Blume), from Proto-Indo-European *bhloh- 'to thrive, bloom' (compare Irish blath 'leaf', Latin folium 'leaf', Albanian bilonjë 'twig, branch', Ancient Greek phýllon 'leaf'). More at blow.

Noun [edit]

bloom (plural blooms)

  1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
  2. Flowers, collectively.
  3. (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
    The cherry trees are in bloom.
  4. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
    the bloom of youth
  5. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
  6. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
  7. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
  8. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. (Knight.)
  9. (mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
    the rose-red cobalt bloom
  10. A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
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Terms derived from bloom (noun)
Translations [edit]
blossom — see blossom
flower — see flower
the state of blossoming
state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves
anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness
the clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture
yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather
mineralogy: a popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals
white area of cocoa butter

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”)

Verb [edit]

bloom (third-person singular simple present blooms, present participle blooming, simple past and past participle bloomed)

  1. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
  2. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
  3. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish.
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Translations [edit]
cause to bloom; make flourish
make blooming or radiant
open its blooms
flourish

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Old English blōma

Noun [edit]

bloom (plural blooms)

  1. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
    • 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 26:
      These metallic bodies gradually increasing in volume finally conglomerate into a larger mass, the bloom, which is extracted from the furnace with tongs.
Translations [edit]
the spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process
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Chinook Jargon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English broom.

Noun [edit]

bloom

  1. broom

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Manx [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English bloom.

Noun [edit]

bloom m

  1. (metallurgy) bloom
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