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