Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Blooming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blooming \Bloom"ing\, n. (Metal.)
The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blooming \Bloom"ing\, a.
1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the
freshness and beauties of youth or health.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloom \Bloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bloomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blooming}.]
1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be
in flower.
A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of
life, Began to bloom. --Milton.
2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to
show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise,
as by or with flowers.
A better country blooms to view,
Beneath a brighter sky. --Logan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blooming
adj 1: in bloom; "a field carpeted with blooming violets"
2: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: {flushed}, {rose-cheeked},
{rosy}, {rosy-cheeked}]
n : the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all
bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: {bloom}]
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