Definitions for Bloom

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Bloom bloom

Spelling: [bloom]

IPA: /blum/

Bloom is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in Bloom (blmoo).

Definitions for Bloom

noun

1. the flower of a plant.
2. flowers collectively:
3. state of having the buds opened:
4. a flourishing, healthy condition; the time or period of greatest beauty, artistry, etc.:
5. a glow or flush on the cheek indicative of youth and health:
6. the glossy, healthy appearance of the coat of an animal.
7. a moist, lustrous appearance indicating freshness in fish.
8. redness or a fresh appearance on the surface of meat.
9. Botany. a whitish powdery deposit or coating, as on the surface of certain fruits and leaves:
10. any similar surface coating or appearance:
11. any of certain minerals occurring as powdery coatings on rocks or other minerals.
12. Also called chill. a clouded or dull area on a varnished or lacquered surface.
13. Also called algal bloom, water bloom. the sudden development of conspicuous masses of organisms, as algae, on the surface of a body of water.
14. Television. image spread produced by excessive exposure of highlights in a television image.
15. a piece of steel, square or slightly oblong in section, reduced from an ingot to dimensions suitable for further rolling.
16. a large lump of iron and slag, of pasty consistency when hot, produced in a puddling furnace or bloomery and hammered into wrought iron.
17. Harold, born 1930, U.S. literary critic and teacher.

Idioms

1. take the bloom off, to remove the enjoyment or ultimate satisfaction from; dampen the enthusiasm over:
2. the bloom is off (the rose), the excitement, enjoyment, interest, etc., has ended or been dampened.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to yield blossoms.
2. to make bloom or cause to flourish:
3. to invest with luster or beauty:
4. to cause a cloudy area on (something shiny); dampen; chill:
5. Optics. to coat (a lens) with an antireflection material.
6. to make (an ingot) into a bloom.

verb (used without object)

1. to produce or yield blossoms.
2. to flourish or thrive:
3. to be in or achieve a state of healthful beauty and vigor:
4. to glow with warmth or with a warm color.

Origin of Bloom

1150-1200; (noun) Middle English blom, blome Old Norse blōm, blōmi; cognate with Gothic blōma lily, German Blume flower; akin to blow³

Examples for Bloom

If you've ever questioned Justin Bieber's masculinity, he was almost knocked out by ORLANDO bloom.

"No, it's bloom," hastened Cornelia, covertly wiping it off.

It is the only ground in the world where Ideas can germinate and bloom.

bloom says we ought to think of truth as resembling a scientific hypothesis that helps us hold together our bits of knowledge.

At the end of the day, bloom emerges as an unlikely hero: former sexy elf turned Justin Bieber-punching everyman.

No one knows if Kerr actually succumbed to Bieber's "boyish" "charms," but she and bloom did end up separating in 2013.

About Blood Meridian, bloom has said, “The violence is the book.”

Explications with Betty would brush the bloom off everything.

There, all the bloom and freshness natural to youth seemed blasted!

There the flush and bloom of newness were oppressive to the right-minded.