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▸ noun: (collective) Flowers.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
▸ noun: Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
▸ noun: The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
▸ noun: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) An algal bloom.
▸ noun: The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
▸ noun: A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
▸ noun: (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
▸ noun: (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
▸ noun: A natural protective coating on an eggshell.
▸ noun: (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
▸ noun: (video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
▸ verb: (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
▸ verb: (cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
▸ verb: (intransitive, cooking, of chocolate) To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
▸ verb: (cooking) To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the taste.
▸ verb: (cooking) To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using them.
▸ noun: The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
▸ noun: A surname.
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blossom,
blush,
flower,
rosiness,
flush,
efflorescence,
peak,
heyday,
prime,
bloom of youth,
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