Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

    blühen

    зацвести́zacvestí

    цвісти́cvistý

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

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

    produce or yield flowers

  4. (figuratively, intransitive)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. (figuratively, intransitive)Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.

  6. To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.

  7. (intransitive)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.

Examples

252 sentences
  1. The roses are now in full bloom.

    Тепер троянди повністю розпустились. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    deDie Rosen stehen jetzt in voller Blüte. — MUIRIEL

  2. Not all flowers bloom in the spring.

    Не всі квіти цвітуть навесні. — brambury

    ruНе все цветы цветут весной. — marafon

  3. Tulips will bloom soon.

    Скоро розквітнуть тюльпани. — deniko

    ruСкоро расцветут тюльпаны. — marafon

    deTulpen werden bald blühen. — Espi

  4. The roses are in full bloom.

    ruРозы в полном цвету. — odexed

    deDie Rosen stehen in voller Blüte. — MUIRIEL

  5. Tulips are in full bloom now.

    ruТюльпаны сейчас в полном цвету. — sharptoothed

    deDie Tulpen stehen jetzt in voller Blüte. — qwertz

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
flourish:
Русский
By meaning 1
cause to bloom; make flourish:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
flourish:

Origin

From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”).

From Middle English bloom (“a blossom”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

blooms, blooming, bloomed, bloomed
Base formbloom · to bloom
3rd person singularblooms
Present participleblooming
Past simplebloomed
Past participlebloomed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybloom
he, she, itblooms

Past simpleLesson

all personsbloomed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bloomed
he, she, ithas bloomed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bloom

Synonyms

6 synonyms
produce blooms:blossomB2flowerA1
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • are blooming blooming
  • blooming blooming
  • in full bloom
  • flowers bloom in
  • flowers bloom
  • bloom in the
  • full bloom

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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