bloom¹ /bloom/

1. A blossom or flower (also collectively)
2. The state of being in flower
3. The prime or highest perfection of anything
4. The first freshness of beauty of anything
5. Rosy colour
6. The glow on the cheek
7. A powdery, waxy or cloudy surface or appearance
8. A sudden rapid seasonal multiplication of phytoplankton, algae, etc (botany)

1. To bear flowers
2. To come into flower
3. To be in a state of beauty or vigour
4. To flourish

To give a bloom to

bloomˈing adjective

1. Flowering
2. Flourishing
3. Fresh and youthful
4. Bright
5. (as an intensifier) bloody (informal; euphemistic)

bloomˈless adjective

Without bloom

bloomˈy adjective

1. Flowery
2. Flourishing
3. Covered with bloom

bloom² /bloom/

A mass or bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture, esp one thicker than a billet

bloomˈery noun

A furnace for making iron ore or iron into blooms

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