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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bloom \Bloom\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blooming}.]
1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. --Milton.
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.
A better country blooms to view,
Beneath a brighter sky. --Logan.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blooming \Bloom"ing\, noun (Metal.) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blooming \Bloom"ing\, adjective
1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blooming
adjective: (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: {bally(a)}, {blinking(a)}, {bloody(a)}, {blooming(a)}, {crashing(a)}, {flaming(a)}, {fucking(a)}]
noun: the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: {bloom}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "blooming": absolute, blamed, blankety-blank, blasted, bleeding, blinking, bloody, complete, consummate, cursed, damnable, execrable, infernal, out-and-out, outright, rank, ruddy, unmitigated
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