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Webster 1913 Edition

Bloom

Bloom

,
Noun.
[OE.
blome
, fr. Icel.
bl[GREEK]m
,
bl[GREEK]mi
; akin to Sw.
blom
, Goth.
bl[GREEK]ma
, OS.
bl[GREEK]mo
, D.
bloem
, OHG.
bluomo
,
bluoma
, G.
blume
; fr. the same root as AS.
bl[GREEK]wan
to blow, blossom. See
Blow
to bloom, and cf.
Blossom
.]
1.
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
The rich
blooms
of the tropics.
Prescott.
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.”
Milton.
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.
Hawthorne.
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.
Thackeray.
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.
Knight.
7.
(Min.)
A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals;
as, the rose-red cobalt
bloom
.

Bloom

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bloomed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
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
.
Milton.
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.
Logan.

Bloom

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
[R.]
Charitable affection
bloomed
them.
Hooker.
2.
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
[R.]
Milton.
While barred clouds
bloom
the soft-dying day.
Keats.

Bloom

,
Noun.
[AS.
bl[GREEK]ma
a mass or lump,
īsenes bl[GREEK]ma
a lump or wedge of iron.]
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bloom

BLOOM

n.
1.
Blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around.
2.
The opening of flowers in general; flowers open, or in a state of blossoming; as, the trees are clothed with bloom.
3.
The state of youth, resembling that of blossoms; a state of opening manhood, life,beauty, and vigor; a state of health and growth, promising higher perfection; as the bloom of youth.
4.
The blue color upon plums and grapes newly gathered.

BLOOM

,
Verb.
I.
To produce or yield blossoms; to flower.
1.
To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show the beauty of youth; as blooming graces.

BLOOM

,
Verb.
T.
To put forth as blossoms.
Charitable affection bloomed them. [Not in use.]

BLOOM

,
Noun.
[L. plumbum, lead, properly a lump.]
A mass of iron that has passed the blomary, or undergone the first hammering.

Definition 2025

Bloom

Bloom

See also: bloom, blööm, and Blööm

English

Proper noun

Bloom

  1. A surname​.

Derived terms

German Low German

En witte Roos — A white rose

Etymology

From Middle Low German blôme, from Old Saxon blōmo, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. Akin to German Blume, Dutch bloem, Dutch Low Saxon bloom, English bloom, Danish blomme, Swedish blomma, from *blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (compare Latin flōs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbloʊm/

Noun

Bloom f (plural Blomen or Blööm)

  1. (botany) flower, blossom
    Insekten hölpt Blomen bi de Reprodukschoon. — Insects are aiding the flowers to reproduce themselves.
    De brede Varietät an Blomensoorten faszineer de Minschen al lang — The wide range of different kinds of flowers is fascinating the man for ages.
  2. (chemistry) efflorescence
  3. (heraldry) flower
    Blomen sind faken en Bestanddeel vun Symbolen op Flaggen un Wapens — Flowers are often a building block of symbols on flags and weapons.
    De Bloom, wölke England symboliseert, is de rode Roos — The red rose is the flower which symbolizes England.
  4. (hunting) tail, scut (of a hare)
  5. nose, bouquet (of a wine)

Derived terms

  • Blomenstruuß
  • Blomenstrüüschen
  • Blöömken

Related terms

  • Blatt n
  • blöhen
  • Blööt f

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German blôme, from Old Saxon blōmo.

Noun

Bloom f ‎(plural Bloomen)

  1. flower

Derived terms

  • Gaunsebloom (daisy)
  • Katrienkjebloom (asters)
  • Fenstabloom (indoor plant)
  • Bloomenfensta (bay window)
  • Bloomenbeet (flower bed)
  • Bloomengoaden (flower garden)
  • Bloomenkomst (cauliflower)
  • Bloomenknoppen (flower bud)
  • Bloomenkrauns (garland)
  • Bloomensauft (nectar)
  • Bloomenstoff (pollen)
  • Bloomentopp (flower pot)

See also

bloom

bloom

See also: Bloom, blööm, and Blööm

English

Noun

bloom ‎(plural blooms)

  1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
    • Prescott
      the rich blooms of the tropics
  2. Flowers, collectively.
  3. (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
    The cherry trees are in bloom.
    • Milton
      sight of vernal bloom
  4. 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
    • Hawthorne
      Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.
  5. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
  6. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
    • Thackeray
      a new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it
  7. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
  8. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  9. (mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
    the rose-red cobalt bloom
  10. A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bloom ‎(“a blossom”)

Verb

bloom ‎(third-person singular simple present blooms, present participle blooming, simple past and past participle bloomed)

  1. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
    • Hooker
      Charitable affection bloomed them.
  2. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
    • Keats
      While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.
  3. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
    • Milton
      A flower which once / In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, / Began to bloom.
  4. (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.
    • Logan
      A better country blooms to view, / Beneath a brighter sky.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old English blōma

Noun

bloom ‎(plural blooms)

  1. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
    • 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 26:
      These metallic bodies gradually increasing in volume finally conglomerate into a larger mass, the bloom, which is extracted from the furnace with tongs.
Translations
Related terms

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From English broom.

Noun

bloom

  1. broom

Derived terms

Manx

Etymology

Borrowing from English bloom.

Noun

bloom m ‎(genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. (metallurgy) bloom

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bloom vloom mloom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (compare West Frisian blom, Low German Bloom, Dutch bloem, German Blume, Danish blomme, Swedish blomma), from *blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‎(“to thrive, flower, bloom”) (compare Irish blath ‎(“leaf”), Latin folium ‎(“leaf”), Albanian bilonjë ‎(“twig, branch”), Ancient Greek φύλλον ‎(phúllon, “leaf”)). More at blow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bluːm/
  • Homophone: Bloom
  • Rhymes: -uːm

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