English Dictionary

bloom

/bluːm/

verb

(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.

The warm weather and rain showers helped the flowers bloom beautifully.

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

Charitable affection bloomed them.

意味（2）

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

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

意味（3）

(intransitive) 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.

意味（4）

(intransitive, figuratively) 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.

意味（5）

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