(n.) A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers,
collectively.
(n.) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming
or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
(n.) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening
to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the
bloom of youth.
(n.) The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or
newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence:
Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.
(n.) The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon
the surface of a picture.
(n.) A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on
well-tanned leather.
(n.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals;
as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
(v. i.) To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be
in flower.
(v. i.) To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor;
to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or
with flowers.
(v. t.) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
(v. t.) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
(n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the
puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form
of an oblong block by shingling.
(n.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by
hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
