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# bloom

«bloom» in Mova's school dictionary: **A flower, especially on a plant grown for its flowers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bloom, blooms; in bloom); verb (bloom, blooms, bloomed, blooming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flower, especially on a plant grown for its flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#m1)

2) (verb) To produce flowers; to open into flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#m2)

3) (verb) To grow healthy, happy or confident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#m3)

4) (in science) An algal bloom: a sudden big growth of algae in water, sometimes harmful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#m4)

5) (UK, informal, old-fashioned) Blooming is a mild swear word meaning very or annoying: blooming cheek! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, plants bloom in spring and summer and insects visit the blooms. In stories, a shy character blooms into a confident one. In safety, algal blooms can make lakes unsafe for swimming. Phrases: in full bloom, late bloomer, a blooming nuisance.

### examples

- The cherry trees are in full bloom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x1)
- Roses bloom in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x2)
- The cactus bloomed after the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x3)
- Our new classmate bloomed once she made friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x4)
- Don't swim in the lake: there's a green algal bloom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x5)
- My brother is a late bloomer, but now he's great at football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x6)
- It's blooming freezing out here! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x7)
- The withered tree at once burst into full bloom! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: bloomed. Similar: blossom (often used for fruit trees). Blooming as a swear word is very mild and a bit old-fashioned in the UK.

### In the corpora

- [Once they bloom most stop and face east, where the morning sun warms them and bees visit more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/3/)
- [And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.266/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bloom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.