Blooming

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bloom \Bloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Blooming}.]
     1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be
        in flower.
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              A flower which once
              In Paradise, fast by the tree of life,
              Began to bloom.                       --Milton.
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     2. 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.
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              A better country blooms to view,
  
              Beneath a brighter sky.               --Logan.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blooming \Bloom"ing\, n. (Metal.)
     The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blooming \Bloom"ing\, a.
     1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
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     2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the
        freshness and beauties of youth or health.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blooming
       adj : (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or
             blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing
             bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: {bally(a)}, {blinking(a)},
              {bloody(a)}, {blooming(a)}, {crashing(a)}, {flaming(a)},
              {fucking(a)}]
       n : the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all
           bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: {bloom}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "blooming":
     absolute, blamed, blankety-blank, blasted, bleeding, blinking,
     bloody, complete, consummate, cursed, damnable, execrable,
     infernal, out-and-out, outright, rank, ruddy, unmitigated