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Abloom

//əˈbluːm// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Blooming; covered in flowers.

    "[…] on summer nights when the tulips were abloom and the bees buzzing […]"

  2. 2
    Having something growing or grown. figuratively

    "For Santa Claus comes / With reindeer and sleigh / To fill up the stockings on glad Christmas Day. / And there in the library / Stands a great tree / With gifts all abloom, most lovely to see!"

  3. 3
    Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty.

    "The Hollywood concept of clean-shaven, square-jawed young men and fragrant young ladies with cheeks abloom does not seem to square with the facts."

Adjective
  1. 1
    when the bud, or buds, on a plant are bursting into flower wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding. not-comparable, postpositional

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”).

Etymology 2

From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”).

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