Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being in bloom; flowering.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a blooming state; in blossom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In or into bloom; in a blooming state.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective figuratively Having something growing or grown.
- adjective Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective bursting into flower
Etymologies
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Examples
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Even the shoes, booties with vertiginous heels, were covered in grasping little coral-like tentacles that shook as the models -- their faces abloom with gold and colorful stripes -- stomped down the catwalk.
Balmain, Zac Posen, Rick Owens & Manish Arora Out Of This World In Paris (PHOTOS, POLL) Hilary Moss 2010
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Even the shoes, booties with vertiginous heels, were covered in grasping little coral-like tentacles that shook as the models -- their faces abloom with gold and colorful stripes -- stomped down the catwalk.
Balmain, Zac Posen, Rick Owens & Manish Arora Out Of This World In Paris (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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A "living roof," a roof planted like a garden, was recently abloom with yellow flowers.
The Nation's Most Avid Trophy-Home Buyer? Sarah Tilton 2011
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While spring is abloom outdoors, some designers looked inside for ideas for the season's collections.
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Even the shoes, booties with vertiginous heels, were covered in grasping little coral-like tentacles that shook as the models -- their faces abloom with gold and colorful stripes -- stomped down the catwalk.
Balmain, Zac Posen, Rick Owens & Manish Arora Out Of This World In Paris (PHOTOS, POLL) Hilary Moss 2010
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That morning, the vast, panoramic meadow below was abloom with spring wildflowers as the Crystal Creek alpha male and female loped across the green meadows, followed by their rambunctious pups.
Brenda Peterson: Why Wolves Matter: The Green World Theory Brenda Peterson 2010
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That morning, the vast, panoramic meadow below was abloom with spring wildflowers as the Crystal Creek alpha male and female loped across the green meadows, followed by their rambunctious pups.
Brenda Peterson: Why Wolves Matter: The Green World Theory Brenda Peterson 2010
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That morning, the vast, panoramic meadow below was abloom with spring wildflowers as the Crystal Creek alpha male and female loped across the green meadows, followed by their rambunctious pups.
Brenda Peterson: Why Wolves Matter: The Green World Theory Brenda Peterson 2010
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When a rock hit the side of the house, she ran into the yard and found the baby already abloom in bruises, a trickle of blood staining her forehead.
Falling In Frances O’Roark Dowell 2010
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When a rock hit the side of the house, she ran into the yard and found the baby already abloom in bruises, a trickle of blood staining her forehead.
Falling In Frances O’Roark Dowell 2010
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