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Meaning of BLOOMING

Pronunciation:  'blooming

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed"
  2. [adj]  in bloom; "a field carpeted with blooming violets"
  3. [adj]  having the pinkish flush of health
 
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 Synonyms: bloom, flowering, flushed, healthy, rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked
 
 See Also: biological process, organic process

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Bloom"ing\, n. (Metal.)
    The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
    
  2. \Bloom"ing\, a.
    1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
    2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the
       freshness and beauties of youth or health.
    
 
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 Related Terms: absolute, blamed, blankety-blank, blasted, bleeding, blinking, bloody, complete, consummate, cursed, damnable, execrable, infernal, out-and-out, outright, rank, ruddy, unmitigated
 

 

 

 

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