Meaning

5 senses

  1. (intransitive)To put forth blooms.

    This plant flowers in June.

    blühen

    цвести́cvestí

    цвісти́cvistý, кві́тнутиkvítnuty

  2. (transitive)To decorate with pictures of flowers.

    produce or yield flowers

  3. (intransitive)To reach a state of full development or achievement.

  4. (intransitive)To come off as flowers by sublimation.

  5. (archaic, intransitive)To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.

Examples

2494 sentences

  1. This is a very beautiful flower.

    Це дуже гарна квітка. — deniko

    ruЭто очень красивый цветок. — odexed

    deDas ist eine sehr schöne Blume. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. These flowers grow in warm countries.

    Ці квіти ростуть у теплих країнах. — anastasishko

    ruЭти цветы растут в теплых странах. — wondersz1

    deDiese Blumen wachsen in warmen Ländern. — Manfredo

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  3. This flower is beautiful, isn't it?

    Це гарна квітка, правда? — deniko

    ruЭтот цветок красив, не правда ли? — ivanov

    deDiese Blume ist schön, oder? — MUIRIEL

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  4. What do you call this flower?

    Як називається ця квітка? — deniko

    ruКак называется этот цветок? — Balamax

    deWie heißt diese Blume? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. We picked flowers in the garden.

    Ми зібрали квіти у саду. — anastasishko

    ruМы рвали цветы в саду. — odexed

    deWir haben im Garten Blumen gepflückt. — Aru

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to put forth blooms:
Русский
By meaning 1
to put forth blooms:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put forth blooms:

Origin

From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs,

From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of fleur, flor, flour, bloom, and blossom.

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Forms

flowers, flowering, flowered, flowered
Base formflower · to flower
3rd person singularflowers
Present participleflowering
Past simpleflowered
Past participleflowered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflower
he, she, itflowers

Past simpleLesson

all personsflowered

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flower

Synonyms

3 synonyms
to put forth blooms:bloomC1blossomB2
reach a state of achievement:flourishC1
Close in meaning

Word family

24 related words
Relatedfleurflorafloretfloridfloristfloristicsinflorescenceflowering
DerivedsunflowerA2flowering ashflowering desertflowering dogwoodflowering plantflowering rushflowering teanight-flowering jasmineaflowercorpse flowerflowerbedflower girlflowerpotflowerypassionflowerwildflower

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • water the flowers
  • some flowers
  • kind of flowers
  • bouquet of flowers
  • flowers in the
  • some flowers for
  • buy flowers for
  • beautiful flowers
  • buy some flowers
  • buy flowers
  • planted these flowers
  • flower in her

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
floutflowB1flowerpotfloweryfluB1
flower — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto