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bloom
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blu?m/
- Homophone: Bloom
- Rhymes: -u?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *bl?mô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.
Noun
bloom (countable and uncountable, plural blooms)
- A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- the rich blooms and enamelled vegetation of the tropics
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- (collective) Flowers.
- (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
- (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
- every successive mother had transmitted to her child a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.
- Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
- The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
- 2010, Donna Pliner Rodnitzky, Low-Carb Smoothies
- The bloom on blueberries is the dusty powder that protects them from the Sun; it does not rinse off.
- 2010, Donna Pliner Rodnitzky, Low-Carb Smoothies
- Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
- (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
- (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
Synonyms
- (flower of a plant): blossom, flower
- (opening of flowers): blossom, flower
- (anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness): flush, glow
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”).
Verb
bloom (third-person singular simple present blooms, present participle blooming, simple past and past participle bloomed)
- (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Charitable affection bloomed them.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
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- (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
- a. 1788, John Logan, A Tale
- A better country blooms to view, / Beneath a brighter sky.
- a. 1788, John Logan, A Tale
- (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
Synonyms
- (produce blooms): blossom, flower
- (flourish): blossom, flourish, thrive
Derived terms
- bloomer
- late bloomer
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English blome, from Old English bl?ma (“flower; lump of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?mô (“flower”). Cognate with West Frisian blom, Dutch bloem, German Blume, Icelandic blóm, Danish blomme, Gothic ???????????????????? (bl?ma). Related to blow, blade, blead; also a doublet of flower, foil, and belladonna.
Noun
bloom (plural blooms)
- The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 26:
- These metallic bodies gradually increasing in volume finally conglomerate into a larger mass, the bloom, which is extracted from the furnace with tongs.
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 26:
Related terms
- bloomery
- blooming
Translations
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English broom.
Noun
bloom
- broom
Derived terms
- mamook bloom
Manx
Etymology
Borrowed from English bloom.
Noun
bloom m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- (metallurgy) bloom
Mutation
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bloop
English
Etymology
Imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blu?p/
- Rhymes: -u?p
Verb
bloop (third-person singular simple present bloops, present participle blooping, simple past and past participle blooped)
- (baseball) To make a hit just beyond the infield.
- (informal) To produce a low-pitched beeping sound.
- (television, transitive) To cover up splices in a soundtrack tape to eliminate the unwanted noise they may produce.
- 1979, John Mercer, An Introduction to Cinematography (page 96)
- Optical track can be blooped by using blooping tape, which is available from motion picture equipment dealers.
- 1979, John Mercer, An Introduction to Cinematography (page 96)
Derived terms
- unblooped
Noun
bloop (plural bloops)
- (informal) A low-pitched beeping sound.
- The robot produced a series of beeps and bloops before giving its answer to the problem.
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