1
: a mass of wrought iron from the forge or puddling furnace
2
: a bar of iron or steel hammered or rolled from an ingot
plural blooms
1
a
b
: the flowering state
the roses are in bloom
c
: a period of flowering
the spring bloom
2
a
: a state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor
b
: a state or time of high development or achievement
a career in full bloom
3
: a surface coating or appearance: such as
a
: a delicate powdery coating on some fruits and leaves
b
: a rosy appearance of the cheeks
broadly
: an outward evidence of freshness or healthy vigor
c
: a cloudiness on a film of varnish or lacquer
d
: a grayish discoloration on chocolate
e
: glare caused by an object reflecting too much light into a television camera
bloomed; blooming; blooms
1
a
: to produce or yield flowers
b
: to support abundant plant life
make the desert bloom
2
a(1)
: to mature into achievement of one's potential
(2)
: to flourish in youthful beauty, freshness, or excellence
b
: to shine out : glow
c
: to become more apparent or fully expressed (as in flavor or aroma)
In all classic sauces and dressings, good oil is the base from which delectable flavors bloom.—
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: to appear or occur unexpectedly or in remarkable quantity or degree
4
: to become densely populated with microorganisms and especially plankton
—used of bodies of water
Examples of bloom in a Sentence
Noun (2)
a handsome young man in the full bloom of youth
after a snowball fight, she came inside with a bloom on her cheeks
the rosebush produces blooms only in midsummer
Verb
flowers blooming in the garden
Their love was just beginning to bloom.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
These large bulb-forming plants of white-, pink- or white and-maroon blooms are durable, and even when the tops are frozen rapidly being new growth with the return of warm spring weather.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
And with flowers like impatiens and primrose, your shady spaces can bloom with color from spring through frost.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The spikes to which Hoyland refers are conical racemes, up to 16 inches long, each of which may bear between 100 and 300 tubular, orange-red blooms.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
These large bulb-forming plants of white-, pink- or white and-maroon blooms are durable, and even when the tops are frozen rapidly being new growth with the return of warm spring weather.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
The seasons are such that the plants die and bloom in quick succession.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
And with flowers like impatiens and primrose, your shady spaces can bloom with color from spring through frost.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Bloom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloom. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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bloom
1 of 2 noun1
b
: the period or state of flowering
the roses are in bloom
c
: an excessive growth of plankton
2
b
: a state or time of beauty, freshness, and strength
3
a
: a delicate powdery coating especially on some fruits and leaves
b
: a rosy appearance of the cheeks
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