The act by which something blooms. / (metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron. / (photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloom

plural of bloom

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

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. / (collective) Flowers. / (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish. / (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. / (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.

Blooming, blossoming, having flowers opening.

A surname.

simple past tense and past participle of bloom

plural of blooming