Definition of bloom

noun (n)

• the organic process of bearing flowers (noun.process)

  Synonym: blooming
  

  Example:
  You will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed.
  

  source: wordnet30
• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (noun.plant)

  Synonym: blossom, flower
  

  source: wordnet30
• the best time of youth (noun.time)

  Synonym: bloom of youth, salad days
  

  source: wordnet30
• a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health (noun.state)

  Synonym: blush, flush, rosiness
  

  source: wordnet30
• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (noun.time)

  Synonym: blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime
  

  source: wordnet30
• a powdery deposit on a surface (noun.phenomenon)

  Synonym: efflorescence
  

  source: wordnet30
• A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• produce or yield flowers (verb.change)

  Example:
  The cherry tree bloomed.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause to blossom; to make flourish. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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