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Webster 1913 Edition
Blooming
Bloom′ing
,Noun.
(Metal.)
The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
Bloom′ing
,Adj.
1.
Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2.
Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blooming
BLOOM'ING
,ppr.
His blooming laurels graced the muse's seat.
Definition 2024
blooming
blooming
English
Verb
blooming
- present participle of bloom
Adjective
blooming (comparative more blooming, superlative most blooming)
- Opening in blossoms; flowering.
- Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
- (Britain, euphemistic) bloody (in its vulgar senses).
Synonyms
- (opening in blossoms): blossoming, flowering, in bloom, in blossom, in flower
- (thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour): blossoming, flourishing, thriving
- (euphemism for "bloody"): bally (British), blasted, blinking, bloomin'
Translations
opening in blossoms
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thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour
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euphemism for "bloody"
Adverb
blooming (comparative more blooming, superlative most blooming)
- (euphemistic, often followed by well) Bloody; bleeding; extremely.
- My train's late again. Blooming typical.
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
- It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”
Noun
blooming (countable and uncountable, plural bloomings)
- The act by which something blooms.
- 2007 July 23, Jeremy Pearce, “Anne McLaren, 80, Expert on the Embryo, Is Dead”, in New York Times:
- Such bloomings, Dr. McLaren continued, would require a critical audience, “so that they can be subject to scientific and ethical review, freely available for research and one day, perhaps, for treating diseases.”
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- (metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
- (photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.
Related terms
- antiblooming
- bloomery — forge
Translations
blooming
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