bloomverb [ I ]
uk/bluːm/us/bluːm/bloom verb [ I ] (PRODUCE FLOWERS)
When a flower blooms, it opens or is open, and when a plant or tree blooms it produces flowers:
These flowers will bloom all through the summer.
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Flowers - general words
- -petalled
- abscission
- be in blossom idiom
- blossom
- catkin
- come
- come out
- double
- ear
- efflorescence
- floral
- flowery
- head
- in flower idiom
- may
- petal
- photosynthesis
- root
- rosebud
- sepal
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bloom verb [ I ] (DEVELOP)
to grow or develop successfully:
Rimbaud's poetic genius bloomed early.
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Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- move on to bigger/better things idiom
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- rally
- shape
- straighten
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- warm
- warm up
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bloomnoun
uk/bluːm/us/bluːm/bloom noun (FLOWER)
[ C ] a flower on a plant
be in bloom
to be producing flowers:
The apple trees are in full bloom (= completely covered in flowers).
come into bloom
to start to produce flowers:
The roses are just coming into bloom.
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Flowers - general words
- -petalled
- abscission
- be in blossom idiom
- blossom
- catkin
- come
- come out
- double
- ear
- efflorescence
- floral
- flowery
- head
- in flower idiom
- may
- petal
- photosynthesis
- root
- rosebud
- sepal
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bloom noun (GOOD HEALTH)
[ S or U ] literary health, energy, and good looks:
He was 19, in the full bloom of youth.
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Beauty and attractiveness
- attractive
- beauty
- chic
- crowning glory idiom
- dainty
- gorgeous
- grace
- graceful
- grandeur
- homely
- magnificent
- majesty
- nobility
- picturesque
- poetry
- shapely
- splendour
- stately
- sublime
- voluptuous
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