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.