adj
Meaning 1
Opening in blossoms; flowering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
blooming
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK: /ˈbluː.mɪŋ/
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UK: /ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, UK
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adv
Meaning 4
A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, often
Examples
- My train's late again. Blooming typical.
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noun
Meaning 5
The act by which something blooms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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verb
Meaning 8
present participle and gerund of bloom
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 9
the organic process of bearing flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bloom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: цъфтящ (cǎftjašt) — opening in blossoms
- Bulgarian: разцъфнал (razcǎfnal) — opening in blossoms
- Czech: kvetoucí — opening in blossoms
- Czech: rozkvetlý — opening in blossoms
- Dutch: bloeiend — opening in blossoms
- Dutch: bloeiende — opening in blossoms
- Finnish: kukkiva — opening in blossoms
- Finnish: kukoistava — opening in blossoms
- French: en fleur — opening in blossoms
- German: blühend — opening in blossoms
- German: in Blüte stehend — opening in blossoms
- Greek: ανθισμένος (anthisménos) — opening in blossoms
- Italian: fiorente — opening in blossoms
- Latin: flōrēns — opening in blossoms
- Polish: kwitnący — opening in blossoms
- Portuguese: florescência — opening in blossoms
- Romanian: înfloritor — opening in blossoms
- Romanian: eflorescent — opening in blossoms
- Russian: цвету́щий (cvetúščij) — opening in blossoms
- Russian: расцвета́ющий (rascvetájuščij) — opening in blossoms
- Spanish: floreciente — opening in blossoms
- Swedish: blomstrande — opening in blossoms
- Welsh: blodeuad — opening in blossoms
- Welsh: blaguriad — opening in blossoms
- Bulgarian: цветущ (cvetušt) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Bulgarian: преуспяващ (preuspjavašt) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Dutch: bloeiend — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Dutch: bloeiende — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Finnish: hehkeä — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- French: florissant — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- French: florissante — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Greek: κοτσονάτος (kotsonátos) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Greek: θαλερός (thalerós) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Ancient Greek: θαλερός (thalerós) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Italian: fiorente — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Polish: kwitnący — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Russian: цвету́щий (cvetúščij) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Russian: преуспева́ющий (preuspevájuščij) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- Russian: процвета́ющий (procvetájuščij) — thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
- French: sacré — euphemism for "bloody"
- French: sacrée — euphemism for "bloody"
- German: verflixt — euphemism for "bloody"
- German: verdammt — euphemism for "bloody"
- German: verflucht — euphemism for "bloody"
- Italian: sacro — euphemism for "bloody"
- Polish: cholerny — euphemism for "bloody"
- Russian: прокля́тый (prokljátyj) — euphemism for "bloody"
- Russian: грёбаный (grjóbanyj) — euphemism for "bloody"
- Russian: чёртов (čórtov) — euphemism for "bloody"
- Russian: хре́нов (xrénov) — euphemism for "bloody"
- Bulgarian: блуминг (bluming) — blooming
- Finnish: kukkiminen — blooming
- French: fleurissement — blooming
- Polish: kwitnięcie — blooming
- Polish: rozkwit — blooming
- Russian: обжи́мный стан (obžímnyj stan) — blooming
- Russian: блю́минг (bljúming) — blooming
- Spanish: plancheado — blooming
- Tamil: மலர்ச்சி (malarcci) — blooming
- Tamil: அலர்த்தி (alartti) — blooming