A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
(collective) Flowers.
(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
(figurative) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
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.
Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
An algal bloom.
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.
(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.
(video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
(transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
(intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
(intransitive, figurative) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
(cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
(intransitive, cooking, of chocolate) To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.