Bloom

v. sprout and grow; produce blossoms; glow, radiate

n. flower; flowering; glow, radiance; pollen

The term bloom usually refers to the general expression describing the aesthetic experience of one or more flowers on a flowering plant. Also used as a metaphor for young people at the peak of their beauty or health. See also Blossom.
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Noun
1. the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed"
(synonym) blooming
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(derivation) blossom, flower
2. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
(synonym) flower, blossom
(hypernym) reproductive structure
(hyponym) floret
(part-holonym) angiosperm, flowering plant
(part-meronym) stamen
(derivation) blossom, flower
3. the best time of youth
(synonym) bloom of youth, salad days
(hypernym) time of life
(part-holonym) youth
4. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
(synonym) blush, flush, rosiness
(hypernym) good health, healthiness
5. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
(synonym) flower, prime, peak, heyday, blossom, efflorescence, flush
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) golden age
6. a powdery deposit on a surface
(synonym) efflorescence
(hypernym) crystallization, crystallisation, crystallizing
Verb
1. produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"
(synonym) blossom, flower
(hypernym) develop
(hyponym) effloresce, burst forth
(derivation) blooming

(v. t.)
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
  

(v. t.)
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
  

(v. i.)
To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
  

(v. i.)
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.
  

(n.)
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
  

(n.)
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
  

(n.)
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.