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Definitions for Blooming

[1] in bloom; flowering; blossoming.
[2] glowing, as with youthful vigor and freshness: blooming cheeks.
[3] flourishing; prospering: a blooming business.
[4] Chiefly British Slang . (used as an intensifier): He's got his blooming nerve.
[5] Chiefly British Slang . (used as an intensifier): not blooming likely.
[6] the flower of a plant.
[7] flowers collectively: the bloom of the cherry tree.
[8] state of having the buds opened: The gardens are all in bloom.
[9] a flourishing, healthy condition; the time or period of greatest beauty, artistry, etc.: the bloom of youth; the bloom of Romanticism.
[10] a glow or flush on the cheek indicative of youth and health: a serious illness that destroyed her bloom.
[11] the glossy, healthy appearance of the coat of an animal.
[12] a moist, lustrous appearance indicating freshness in fish.
[13] redness or a fresh appearance on the surface of meat.
[14] Botany . a whitish powdery deposit or coating, as on the surface of certain fruits and leaves: the bloom of the grape.
[15] any similar surface coating or appearance: the bloom of newly minted coins.
[16] any of certain minerals occurring as powdery coatings on rocks or other minerals.
[17] Also called chill. a clouded or dull area on a varnished or lacquered surface.
[18] Also called algal bloom, water bloom . the sudden development of conspicuous masses of organisms, as algae, on the surface of a body of water.
[19] Television . image spread produced by excessive exposure of highlights in a television image.
[20] to produce or yield blossoms.
[21] to flourish or thrive: a recurrent fad that blooms from time to time.
[22] to be in or achieve a state of healthful beauty and vigor: a sickly child who suddenly bloomed; a small talent that somehow bloomed into major artistry.
[23] to glow with warmth or with a warm color.
[24] to cause to yield blossoms.
[25] to make bloom or cause to flourish: a happiness that blooms the cheek.
[26] to invest with luster or beauty: an industry that blooms one's talents.
[27] to cause a cloudy area on (something shiny); dampen; chill: Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.
[28] Optics . to coat (a lens) with an antireflection material.
[29] a piece of steel, square or slightly oblong in section, reduced from an ingot to dimensions suitable for further rolling.
[30] a large lump of iron and slag, of pasty consistency when hot, produced in a puddling furnace or bloomery and hammered into wrought iron.
[31] to make (an ingot) into a bloom.
[32] British informal (intensifier) a blooming genius ; blooming painful
[33] a blossom on a flowering plant; a flower
[34] the state, time, or period when flowers open (esp in the phrases in bloom, in full bloom )
[35] open flowers collectively a tree covered with bloom
[36] a healthy, vigorous, or flourishing condition; prime (esp in the phrase the bloom of youth )
[37] youthful or healthy rosiness in the cheeks or face; glow
[38] a fine whitish coating on the surface of fruits, leaves, etc, consisting of minute grains of a waxy substance
[39] any coating similar in appearance, such as that on new coins
[40] ecology a visible increase in the algal constituent of plankton, which may be seasonal or due to excessive organic pollution
[41] Also called: chill a dull area formed on the surface of gloss paint, lacquer, or varnish
[42] (of flowers) to open; come into flower
[43] to bear flowers; blossom
[44] to flourish or grow
[45] to be in a healthy, glowing, or flourishing condition
[46] (tr) physics to coat (a lens) with a thin layer of a substance, often magnesium fluoride, to eliminate surface reflection
[47] a rectangular mass of metal obtained by rolling or forging a cast ingot See also billet 1 (def. 2)
[48] (tr) to convert (an ingot) into a bloom by rolling or forging

Words related to Blooming

budding, flourishing, growing, opening, prospering, robust, successful, bright, chipper, energetic, fresh, radiant, rosy, spry, bright-eyed

Words nearby Blooming

bloomer, bloomers, bloomery, bloomfield, bloomfieldian, blooming, blooming mill, blooming oil, bloomingdale, bloomington, bloomsburg

Origin of Blooming

2before 1000; representing Anglo-Latin, Anglo-French blomes (plural), Old English blōma mass of iron; perhaps akin to bloom1

Other words from Blooming

bloom·ing·ly , adverb
bloom·ing·ness , noun
non·bloom·ing , adjective, noun
pre·bloom·ing , adjective
bloom·less , adjective

Word origin for Blooming

Old English blōma lump of metal

Synonyms for Blooming

budding, flourishing, blossoming, growing, opening, sprouting, bearing fruit