bloom
/bluːm/
Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms; To cause to blossom; to make flourish
- he/she/it
- blooms
- past participle
- bloomed
Meanings
- 1
Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms
These flowers bloom in spring.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
Many beautiful flowers bloom in spring.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To cause to blossom; to make flourish
- 3
Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness
- 4
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiantrare
- 5
To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurtsrare
- 6
To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oilrare
- 7
To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and coolingrare
- 8
To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the tasterare
- 9
To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using themrare