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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloom \Bloom\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloom \Bloom\, n. [OE. blome, fr Icel. bl?m, bl?mi; akin to Sw blom, Goth. bl?ma, OS bl?mo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo bluoma G. blume; fr the same root as AS bl?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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloom \Bloom\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloom \Bloom\, n. [AS. bl?ma a mass or lump, [=i]senes bl?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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bloom n 1: the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: {blooming}] 2: reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: {flower}, {blossom}] 3: the best time of youth [syn: {bloom of youth}] 4: a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: {blush}, {flush}, {rosiness}] 5: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower}, {prime}, {peak}, {heyday}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}, {flush}] 6: a powdery deposit on a surface [syn: {efflorescence}] v : produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: {blossom}, {flower}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Bloom, KS Zip code(s): 67865
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