bloom
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[change]- (countable) A bloom is a flower.
- The seeds you plant in the spring will give blooms from summer through fall.
- (uncountable) If something is in bloom, its flowers are open or it is reaching a state of fullness.
- The weather is warming and spring flowers are coming into bloom.
- She had a wide circle of friends and her career was in full bloom .
- (uncountable) The bloom is the best time or a look of freshness or fullness.
- The bloom is off their love.
- It's wonderful to see the children in the bloom of youth.
- As she approached, he saw the round of her hips and the bloom of her breasts.
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- (intransitive) If something such as a flower blooms, it opens, or is reaching a state of fullness.
- The blue sky was the color of the sea, and flowers were blooming in the fields.
- She had a wide circle of friends and her life was in full bloom.
- Business is blooming on this busy street.