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To receive an advantage from
“With these good practices, my business began to bloom and grow.”
To produce flowers, or to be in flower
“The roses begin to bloom in May and usually reach their peak sometime in June, depending on the weather.”
To blush or turn red or pink in color
“When she glances up from beneath the shelter of her dense eyelashes, her cheeks bloom with shyness.”
To begin to (figuratively) blossom with beauty or maturity
“Her parents divorced when she was fourteen, when she was just starting to bloom as a young woman and make relationships of her own.”
To have a healthy or radiant glow
“I'd sing, and her face would bloom into a smile, and her legs pedaled as if she were cycling into my arms.”
Plural for the flower of a plant, or an expanded bud
“In summer, a colorful bloom appears between the split leaves.”
Plural for the state of blossoming or of having flowers open
“When scented trees are in bloom, the sheer volume of flowers results in a drenching of their surroundings with scent.”
Plural for a youthful or healthy glow in a person's complexion
“Why, Priscilla has a bloom in her cheeks, now! Has my pale little girl a bloom?”
Plural for the state or period of greatest beauty, freshness, or vigor
“The meeting was to be chaired by Joel Aldred, then in his bloom as a television announcer.”
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