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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bloom \Bloom\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bloom \Bloom\, noun [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.
The rich blooms of the tropics. --Prescott.
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.
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.
Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. --Hawthorne.
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.
A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. --Thackeray.
5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. --Knight.
7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.0.48 [gcide]:
Bloom \Bloom\, verb (used with an object)
1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.]
Charitable affection bloomed them. --Hooker.
2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.] --Milton.
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day. --Keats.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: {blooming}, {bloom}]
2: reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: {flower}, {bloom}, {blossom}]
3: the best time of youth [syn: {bloom}, {bloom of youth}, {salad days}]
4: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: {bloom}, {blush}, {flush}, {rosiness}]
5: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower}, {prime}, {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}, {flush}]
6: a powdery deposit on a surface [syn: {efflorescence}, {bloom}]
verb
1: produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: {bloom}, {blossom}, {flower}]
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