bloom

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to produce or yield flowers

   The cherry tree bloomed.

2. 2
   noun

   the organic process of bearing flowers

   you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed

3. 3
   noun

   A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

   the rich blooms and enamelled vegetation of the tropics

4. 4
   noun

   The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

   The cherry trees are in bloom.

5. 5
   noun

   A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.

   the bloom of youth

6. 6
   noun

   The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.

   The bloom on blueberries is the dusty powder that protects them from the Sun; it does not rinse off.

7. 7
   noun

   Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.

   a new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it

8. 8
   noun

   An algal bloom.

   Where upwellings or other sources of nutrients allow Ehux to abound, it can proliferate, as blooms, to the point that the ocean turns milky.

Etymology

English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: * Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) * Swedish Blom * Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) * Spelling variant of Blum