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Bloom [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

2. While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around.

3. The opening of flowers in general; flowers open, or in a state of blossoming; as, the trees are clothed with bloom

4. The state of youth, resembling that of blossoms; a state of opening manhood, life, beauty, and vigor; a state of health and growth, promising higher perfection; as the bloom of youth.

5. The blue color upon plums and grapes newly gathered.

6. A mass of iron that has passed the blomary, or undergone the first hammering.

Bloom [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To produce or yield blossoms; to flower.

2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show the beauty of youth; as blooming graces.

Bloom [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To put forth as blossoms.

2. Charitable affection bloomed them. [Not in use.]

Bloom [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

2. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.

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.

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.

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.

7. A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

8. 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.

9. A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.

Bloom [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

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.

Bloom [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

Bloomary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bloomery.

Bloomed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Bloom

Bloomer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

2. A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.

Bloomery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.

Bloomfield Encyclopedia Britannica

BLOOMFIELD, Robert, was born of very humble parents at the village of Honington in Suffolk, in 1766. Losing his father at the age of eleven, he was apprenticed to a farmer, and could only cultivate his literary tastes by perusing such books as he could borrow. Thomson seems to have been his favourite author, and The Seasons inspired him with the ambition of being a poet. He came to London, and composed The Farmer’s Boy in a garret in Bell Alley. The manuscript fell into the hands of Capel Lofft, who encouraged him to print it, and it succeeded so well, that above 26,000 copies of it were sold. His reputation was increased by the appearance of his Rural Tales, Songs and Ballads, News from the Farm, Wild Flowers, and The Banks of the Wye. These are of unequal merit; but all breathe a spirit of purity and enthusiasm for the beauties of nature, that place the name of Bloomfield among the most natural and amiable of our pastoral poets. The extensive sale of The Farmer’s Boy and Wild Flowers seems to have done little for the benefit of the poet, who died in poverty at Shefford in Bedfordshire in 1823. His Remains in Poetry and Verse, 2 vols., appeared in 1824, and another edition of his poems in 1866. A selection from his correspondence, edited by Hart, appeared in 1871.

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Blooming [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering; thriving in the health, beauty, and vigor of youth; showing the beauties of youth.

2. His blooming laurels graced the muse's seat.

Blooming [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.

2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

Blooming [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

Blooming [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Bloom

Bloomingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a blooming manner.

Bloomingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a blooming manner.

Bloomingness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A blooming condition.

Bloomless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without bloom or flowers.

Bloomy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as a bloomy spray; bloomy beauties.

Bloomy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray.

2. Covered with bloom, as fruit.

Youth Roget’s Thesaurus §127

N. youth, juvenility, juvenescence, juniority, infancy, babyhood, childhood, boyhood, girlhood, youthhood, incunabula, minority, nonage, teens, tender age, bloom, cradle, nursery, leading strings, pupilage, puberty, pucelage, prime of life, flower of life, springtide of life, seedtime of life, golden season of life, heyday of youth, school days, rising generation

Adj. young, youthful, juvenile, green, callow, budding, sappy, puisne, beardless, under age, in one's teens, in statu pupillari, younger, junior, hebetic, unfledged

Phr. "youth on the prow and pleasure at the helm", "youth . . . the glad season of life"

Blueness Roget’s Thesaurus §438

N. blue, garter-blue, watchet|, # ultramarine, smalt, cobalt, cyanogen, prussian blue, syenite blue, bice, indigo, zaffer, lapis lazuli, sapphire, turquoise, indicolite, blueness, bluishness, bloom

Adj. blue, azure, cerulean, sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed, cerulescent, powder blue, bluish, atmospheric, retiring, cold

Health Roget’s Thesaurus §654

N. health, sanity, soundness, vigor, good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health, bloom, mens sana in corpore sano, hygeia, incorruption, incorruptibility, good state of health, clean bill of health, eupepsia, euphoria, euphory, st. anthony's fire

V. be in health, bloom, flourish, keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs, enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health, have a clean bill of health, return to health, recover, get better, take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life, recruit, restore to health, cure, tinker

Adj. healthy, healthful, in health, well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole, florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof, unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed, unmarred, untainted, sound of wind and limb, safe and sound, on one's legs, sound as a roach, sound as a bell, fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as april, hearty as a buck, in fine feather, in high feather, in good case, in full bloom, pretty bobbish, tolerably well, as well as can be expected, sanitary, sanatory

Phr. "health that snuffs the morning air", non est vivere sed valere vita

Prosperity Roget’s Thesaurus §734

N. prosperity, welfare, well-being, affluence, success, thrift, roaring trade, good fortune, smiles of fortune, blessings, godsend, luck, good luck, run of luck, sunshine, fair weather, fair wind, palmy days, bright days, halcyon days, piping times, tide, flood, high tide, saturnia regna, saturnian age, golden time, golden age, bed of roses, fat city, fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes, made man, lucky dog, enfant gate, spoiled child of fortune, upstart, parvenu, skipjack, mushroom

V. prosper, thrive, flourish, be prosperous, drive a roaring trade, do a booming business, go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly, sail before the wind, swim with the tide, run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours, rise in the world, get on in the world, work one's way, make one's way, look up, lift one's head, raise one's head, make one's fortune, feather one's nest, make one's pile, flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten, keep oneself afloat, keep one's head above water, hold one's head above water, land on one's feet, light on one's feet, light on one's legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet, drop into a good thing, bear a charmed life, bask in the sunshine, have a good time of it, have a fine time of it, have a run of luck, have the good fortune, to, take a favorable turn, live on the fat of the land, live off the fat of the land, live in clover

Adj. prosperous, thriving, in a fair way, buoyant, well off, well to do, well to do in the world, set up, at one's ease, rich, in good case, in full, in high feather, fortunate, lucky, in luck, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star, on the sunny side of the hedge, auspicious, propitious, providential, palmy, halcyon, agreeable, couleur de rose

Adv. prosperously, swimmingly, as good luck would have it, beyond all hope

Phr. one's star in the ascendant, all for the best, one's course runs smooth, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos, felicitas multos habet amicos, felix se nescit amari, 'good luck go with thee', nulli est homini perpetuum bonum

Beauty Roget’s Thesaurus §845

N. beauty, the beautiful, τὸ καλόν, le beau ideal, aesthetics, callaesthetics|, pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry, comeliness, fairness, polish, gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure, trigness, bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence, sublimity, sublimification|, concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, venus, aphrodite, hebe, the graces, peri, houri, cupid, apollo, hyperion, adonis, antionous, narcissus, peacock, butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of, bijou, jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower, pleasurableness, beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics|, beauty, hunk

V. be beautiful, shine, beam, bloom, become one, set off, grace, render beautiful, beautify, polish, burnish, gild, set out, "snatch a grace beyond the reach of art"

Adj. beautiful, beauteous, handsome, gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive, delicate, dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly, bonny, good- looking, well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical, harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly, dapper, tight, jimp, gimp, janty, jaunty, trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked, rosy, ruddy, blooming, in full bloom, brilliant, shining, beamy, beaming, sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing, glossy, sleek, rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious, artistic, artistical, aesthetic, picturesque, pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious, enchanting, becoming, ornamental, undeformed, undefaced, unspotted, spotless

Phr. auxilium non leve vultus habet, "beauty born of murmuring sound", "flowers preach to us if we will hear", gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, "none but the brave deserve the fair", "thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty"

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1 KJV and 7 BSB verses contain “bloom”

Exodus 9:31

And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

Numbers 17:8

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

Psalms 103:15

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;

Song of Solomon 2:15

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.

Song of Solomon 6:11

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.

Song of Solomon 7:12

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love.

Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

Ezekiel 7:10

Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.