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Definition of Bloom

Bloom A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom. 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. 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. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower. 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. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. 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. A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working. Related Definitions: An, Analogous, And, Anything, Appearance, Are, As, Attractive, Bar, Be, Beauty, Being, Bestow, Block, Bloom, Blooming, Blossom, Blossoming, Bud, By, Catalan, Cause, Certain, Cherry, Clouded, Coating, Cobalt, Collectively, Delicate, Deposit, Deprived, Directly, Dross, Expanded, Flourish, Flower, Flush, For, Forge, Form, Formed, Freshness, From, Furnace, Further, General, Give, Giving, Glow, Growing, Hammering, Having, Healthful, Hence, In, Ingot, Into, Iron, Large, Leather, Leaves, Make, Mass, Oblong, Of, On, Open, Opening, Or, Perfection, Picture, Plant, Popular, Powdery, Preliminary, Produce, Promise, Puddling, Radiant, Rolling, Rose-Red, Shape, Shaped, Shingling, Show, Some, Sometimes, State, Steel, Surface, Term, That, The, Time, To, Upon, Variety, Varnish, Vigor, Which, With, Working, Wrought, Yellowish, Yield, Youth

Bloom Quotations Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray. Benjamin Disraeli If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? Kahlil Gibran As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. Denis Waitley Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend. Mao Tse-Tung It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. Alice Walker

Bloom Translations bloom in Afrikaans is blom bloom in Danish is blomst bloom in Dutch is bloem bloom in Finnish is kukka bloom in French is fleur bloom in Italian is fiore, fiorire bloom in Latin is effloresco bloom in Norwegian is blomst bloom in Portuguese is flor bloom in Spanish is flor, florecer bloom in Swedish is blomster, blomma, blom

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