Bloom

  1. Proper noun.  (surname) .
  2. Noun.  A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
  3. Noun.  Flowers, collectively.
  4. Noun.  (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
  5. Noun.  A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
  6. Noun.  The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
  7. Noun.  Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
  8. Noun.  The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
  9. Noun.  A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. (Knight.).
  10. Noun.  (mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
  11. Noun.  A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
  14. Verb.  (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
  15. Verb.  (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish.
  16. Noun.  The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

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