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Vinony

bloom

noun

  1. computer graphics effect
  2. The act of putting forth flowers, literally or figuratively
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verb

  1. put forth flowers, literally or figuratively
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bluːm/

name

Etymology: English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: * Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) * Swedish Blom * Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) * Spelling variant of Blum

  1. A surname.

    “Jay Bloom described the experience of learning what happened to the Titan as “very surreal”.”

  2. A place in the United States:
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noun

Etymology: From Middle English blome, from Old English blōma (“lump of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian Bloom, bluum, blööm (“flower”), Saterland Frisian Bloume (“flower”), West Frisian and Limburgish blom (“flower”), Bavarian Bleame, Bleaml, Bleampl (“flower”), Dutch bloem, blom (“flower”), German Blume (“flower”), Luxembourgish Blumm (“flower”), Vilamovian błum (“flower”), West Flemish blomme (“flower”), Yiddish בלום (blum, “flower”), Danish blomme (“flower”), Faroese blóma (“flower”), Icelandic blóm (“flower”), Norwegian Nynorsk blom, blome (“flower”), Swedish blomma (“flower”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌼𐌰 (blōma, “lily”), Vandalic *bluma (“flower”); also Breton bleuñv (“flowers; flowering”), Cornish blejan, blejen, bleujen, bleujenn (“blossom, flower”), Irish bláth (“flower”), Manx blaa (“flower; heyday”), Scottish Gaelic blàth (“bloom, blossom, flower; consequence, effect; heyday”), Welsh blodyn (“flower”), Latin flōs (“blossom, flower”), Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf; blade; sheet; foil, plate”), Armenian բող (boġ), բոխի (boxi, “a kind of bitter field-plant, probably horse fennel, Hippomarathrum or a kind of fennel or wild parsley”), Tocharian A pält (“leaf; blade”), Tocharian B pilta (“leaf; blade”), Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla, “full-blown flower”), पुल्ल (pulla, “flower”). Related to blow, blade, blead; also related to flower, foil, and belladonna.

  1. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

    “These metallic bodies gradually increasing in volume finally conglomerate into a larger mass, the bloom, which is extracted from the furnace with tongs.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”).

  1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

    “Charitable affection bloomed them.”

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

    “The Tree of Life[…]blooming Ambrosial Fruit Of vegetable Gold.”

    “Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? / Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,— / While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, / And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue; [...]”

  3. Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.

    “A flower which once / In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, / Began to bloom.”

  4. To spread; to slowly expand like a field of flowers that blossom in fits and spurts.

    “Shadows bloomed over the yard.”

    “Anger bloomed up from his throat.”

  5. Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.

    “Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.”

    “The attacking three have also been allowed to bloom. Liberated from deep defensive duties Eden Hazard has become more expressive, more obviously, flashily complete.”

  6. To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
  7. To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
  8. To let carbon dioxide to escape from coffee in order to improve the taste.
  9. To hydrate ingredients (such as gelatin or yeast) before using them.