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bloom

UK/bluːm/ US/blʉwm/ fairly common slang
verb (1) noun (6)

verb

1.

produce or yield flowers

  • “The cherry tree bloomed”
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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”
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a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

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Origin

From Middle English blome, from Old English blōma (“lump of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Bloom, bluum, blööm (“flower”), Saterland Frisian Bloume (“flower”), West Frisian and Limburgish blom (“flower”), Bavarian Bleame, Bleaml, Bleampl (“flower”), Dutch bloem, blom (“flower”), German Blume (“flower”), Luxembourgish Blumm (“flower”), Vilamovian błum (“flower”), West Flemish blomme (“flower”), Yiddish בלום (blum, “flower”), Danish blomme (“flower”), Faroese blóma (“flower”), Icelandic blóm (“flower”), Norwegian Nynorsk blom, blome (“flower”), Swedish blomma (“flower”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma, “lily”), Vandalic *bluma (“flower”); also Breton bleuñv (“flowers; flowering”), Cornish blejan, blejen, bleujen, bleujenn (“blossom, flower”), Irish bláth (“flower”), Manx blaa (“flower; heyday”), Scottish Gaelic blàth (“bloom, blossom, flower; consequence, effect; heyday”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Latin flōs (“blossom, flower”), Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf; blade; sheet; foil, plate”), Armenian բող (boġ), բոխի (boxi, “a kind of bitter field-plant, probably horse fennel, Hippomarathrum or a kind of fennel or wild parsley”), Tocharian A pält (...

Phrases

  • algal bloom
  • bloom is off the peach
  • bloom is off the rose
  • bloom tea
  • choking bloom
  • in bloom
  • iron bloom
  • late bloomer
  • let a thousand flowers bloom
  • night-blooming cereus
  • night-blooming jasmine
  • phytoplankton bloom

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