Bloom

/bluːm/ · noun

Meaning

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud..

Definitions by Sense

1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
2. (collective) Flowers.
3. (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
4. (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
5. Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
6. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
7. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
8. (countable, uncountable) An algal bloom.

Example Sentences

the rich blooms and enamelled vegetation of the tropics

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: […]

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

The bloom on blueberries is the dusty powder that protects them from the Sun; it does not rinse off.

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Word Forms

• blooms
• blooming
• bloomed

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