Bloom
Bloom ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English blome, from Icelandic blóm, blómi; akin to Swedish blom, Gothic bl{not transcribed}ma, Old Saxon bl{not transcribed}mo, Dutch bloem, Old High German bluomo, bluoma, German blume; from the same root as Anglo-Saxon bl{not transcribed}wan to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and compare Blossom.]
1.
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
The rich blooms of the tropics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
(Mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
Bloom ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
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.
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.
Bloom , transitive verb
1.
To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [Rare]
Charitable affection bloomed them.
2.
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [Rare] — Milton
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.
Bloom , noun
[Anglo-Saxon bl{not transcribed}ma a mass or lump, īsenes bl{not transcribed}ma a lump or wedge of iron.]
(a)
(Metallurgy) 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)
(Metallurgy) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.