Bloom (?), n. [OE. blome, fr. Icel. blm, blmi; akin to Sw. blom, Goth. blma, OS. blmo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma, G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. blwan to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and cf. Blossom.]
1.
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
The rich blooms of the tropics.
Prescott.
2.
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
"Sight of vernal
bloom."
Milton.
3.
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.
Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.
Hawthorne.
4.
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.
A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it.
Thackeray.
5.
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
6.
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
Knight.
7. Min.
A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
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Bloom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bloomed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Blooming.]
1.
To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
A flower which once
In Paradise, fast by the tree of life,
Began to bloom.
Milton.
2.
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.
A better country blooms to view,
Beneath a brighter sky.
Logan.
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Bloom, v. t.
1.
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
[R.]
Charitable affection bloomed them.
Hooker.
2.
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
[R.]
Milton.
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.
Keats.
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Bloom, n. [AS. blma a mass or lump, isenes blma a lump or wedge of iron.] Metal. (a)
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.
(b) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
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