blossom
see also: Blossom
Pronunciation Noun
Blossom
Proper noun
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see also: Blossom
Pronunciation Noun
blossom
- A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit#Noun|fruit tree is fruit#Verb|fruiting; (collectively) a mass#Noun|mass of such flowers.
- The blossom has come early this year.
- 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Printed by Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409 ↗, Nombers XVII:8, folio 70, recto ↗:
- And when Moſes on the morowe went into the Tabernacle of the Teſtimonie, beholde, the rod of Aarón for the houſe of Leuí was budded, and broght forthe buddes, & broght forthe bloſſoms & bare ripe almondes.
- The state#Noun|state or season#Noun|season of produce#Verb|producing such flowers.
- The orchard is in blossom.
- 1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, OCLC 731506428 ↗, part III, 1 §, page 217 ↗:
- Down by the River Wye, among plum-trees in blossom, Noel had laid her baby in a hammock, and stood reading a letter: [...]
- (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
- The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
- French: floraison
- German: Blüte
- Portuguese: floração, florada
- Russian: пери́од цветения
- Spanish: floración
- German: Blütezeit
blossom (blossoms, present participle blossoming; past and past participle blossomed)
- (intransitive) To have, or open#Verb|open into, blossoms; to bloom#Verb|bloom.
- 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Printed by Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409 ↗, Nombers XVII:1–2 and 5:
- And the Lord ſpake vnto Moſés, ſaying, / Speake vnto the childrẽ of Iſraél, & take of euerie one of them a rod, after y{{sup
- (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish#Verb|flourish.
- 1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Gossip”, in Little Women: Or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, part second, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, OCLC 30743985 ↗, page 5 ↗:
- A quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind "brother," the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely.
- (have, or open into, blossoms) bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower
- (begin to thrive or flourish) bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive
- French: fleurir
- German: blühen, erblühen
- Italian: fiorire
- Portuguese: desabrochar, florir, florescer
- Russian: цвести́
- Spanish: florecer
Blossom
Proper noun
- A hamlet in New York.
- A city in Texas.
- (rare) A female given name
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