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| blooms | |
| 1. n. plural of bloom |  |
| bloom | |
| 1. n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. | |
| 2. n. Flowers, collectively. | |
| 3. n. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open. | |
| The cherry trees are in bloom. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms. | |
| the bloom of youth | |
| 5. n. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. | |
| 6. n. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness. | |
| 7. n. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture. | |
| 8. n. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. | |
| 9. n. (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals. | |
| the rose-red cobalt bloom | |
| 10. n. (culinary) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled. | |
| 11. n. (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen. | |
| 12. v. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. | |
| 13. v. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness. | |
| 16. n. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process. | |
