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Bloom   /blum/   Listen
noun
Bloom  n.  
1.
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. "The rich blooms of the tropics."
2.
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom. "Sight of vernal bloom."
3.
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. "Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty."
4.
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. "A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it."
5.
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
6.
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
7.
(Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.


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


verb
Bloom  v. t.  
1.
To cause to blossom; to make flourish. (R.) "Charitable affection bloomed them."
2.
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. (R.) "While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day."


Bloom  v. i.  (past & past part. bloomed; pres. part. blooming)  
1.
To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower. "A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom."
2.
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. "A better country blooms to view," "Beneath a brighter sky."





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... gate and came up the gravelled walk. She met him with a smile that was free from embarrassment. As the Captain stood on the step below her, the difference in their ages did not appear so great. He was tall and straight and clear-eyed and browned. She was in the bloom of ...
— Sixes and Sevens • O. Henry
... playing second violin in the orchestra), were members of the company. And the King's band of foreign and native players has been called one of the best in Europe. Still, all this was but the hothouse bloom of exotics. To bring about a natural harvest of home produce something else was wanted than royal patronage, and this something sprang from the series of disasters that befell the nation in the latter half of the last century, and by shaking it to its very heart's ...
— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks
... of January air made everybody turn. A girlish figure, in a big dark cape with a scarlet lining which seemed to reflect the colour from a face brilliant with frost-bloom, stood in the outer door. The next instant Charlotte Birch, closing the door softly behind her, had crossed the room and was addressing the women, in low quick tones. The doctor she did ...
— The Second Violin • Grace S. Richmond
... now the sweetest moments spend Life has to yield;—No! never will he find Again on earth such pleasure in his mind: He goes through shrubby walks these friends among, Love in their looks and honour on the tongue: Nay, there's a charm beyond what nature shows, The bloom is softer and more sweetly glows; - Pierced by no crime, and urged by no desire For more than true and honest hearts require, They feel the calm delight, and thus proceed Through the green lane,—then linger ...
— The Borough • George Crabbe
... bringing branches into the house, where they will develop in water, and towards spring may even be made to blossom. Cherry, Apple, Forsythia, and other blossoming trees and shrubs can be thus forced to bloom. Place the branches in hot water, and cut off a little of their ends under water. If the water is changed every day, and the glass kept near the register or stove, they will blossom out very quickly. These expanded shoots may ...
— Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf • Jane H. Newell


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