Bloom

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

imp. & p. p. Bloomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blooming

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.

1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.]

   Charitable affection bloomed them.

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

   While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.

1. 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. (Metal.)