verb

1. To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

2. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

3. Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.

Synonyms: blossom, flourish, thrive, blossom, flower

noun

1. The act by which something blooms.

2. The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

3. A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

adjective

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.

2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

3. Bloody; bleeding; extremely.

Synonyms: bally, blasted, blinking, bloomin', blossoming, flourishing, thriving, blossoming

adverb

1. (often followed by well) Bloody; bleeding; extremely.

   “My train's late again. Blooming typical.”