bloom
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
Noun 4 meanings
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
Flowers.
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
“The cherry trees are in bloom.”
A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
“the bloom of youth”
Verb 4 meanings
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.
“Shadows bloomed over the yard.”
Etymology
From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.
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BLOOM at a glance
BLOOM has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (B 3 + L 1 + O 1 + O 1 + M 3) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,767 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bloom
All rhymes- ROOM6
- BATHROOM15
- BEDROOM12
- BOOM8
- CLASSROOM13
- ZOOM15
- DOOM7
- GROOM8
- MUSHROOM15
- COURTROOM13
- BALLROOM12
- BROOM9
One letter away
- BLOOD8
- BROOM9
- GLOOM8
- BLOOP9
- SLOOM7
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