 blooming |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] in bloom | |
| Examples: | "a field carpeted with blooming violets" |
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| Related terms: | flowering | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology) the organic process of bearing flowers | |
| Synonyms: | bloom | |
| Examples: | "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" |
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| Related terms: | organic_process bloom | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (used of persons) informal intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | blinking bloody crashing flaming fucking bally | |
| Examples: | "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance" "a bloody fool" "a crashing bore" "you flaming idiot" |
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| Related terms: | unmitigated | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having the pinkish flush of health | |
| Synonyms: | flushed rosy rosy-cheeked rose-cheeked | |
| Related terms: | healthy | |
| Similar spelling: |
bloomington |
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