Bloom

Noun

 * 1) A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
 * 2) Flowers, collectively.
 * 3)  The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
 * 4) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
 * 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)  A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
 * 10) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
 * 11) The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
 * 2)  To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
 * 3)  Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
 * 4)  Of a person, business, etc, to flourish.

Adjectives for Bloom
gorgeous; glossy; girlish; delicate; lusty; fragrant; glorious; lingering; artificial; short-lived; semitropic; abundant; natural; sweet; faded; bell-like; wonted; youthful; overflowing; renovated; hopeful; welded; reseated; manifold; definite; luxuriant; virgin; citrus; petaled; vivid; vernal; prolific; radiant; amethystine; braided; sensational; plenteous; bunchy; precious; exotic; hidden; perfumed; wholesome; primeval; straying; ethereal.

Verbs for Bloom
blast—; blight—; break into—; exalt—; nip —; smother—; take—off; —colors; —culminates in; —exudes; —floresces; —flourishes; —flushes; —glows; —pales; —promises; —sparkles; —springs from; —tints.

Adverbs for Bloom
unchangingly; abundantly; magnificently; lustily; gorgeously; glossily; youthfully; overflowingly; luxuriantly; prolifically; vernally; exotically; wholesomely; primevally; ethereally.

Synonyms

 * (flower of a plant): blossom, flower
 * (opening of flowers): blossom, flower
 * (anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness): flush, glow
 * (open its blooms): blossom, flower
 * (flourish) blossom, flourish, thrive

Derived terms

 * bloomy
 * in bloom
 * blooming

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