1. bloom - Noun
2. bloom - Verb
3. Bloom - Proper noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel. Golda Meir
Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. John Updike
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. William Wordsworth
A rose forced to bloom has no fragrance. Armenian Proverb
Bloom where you are planted. Afghan Proverb
It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom. French Proverb