Abloom

//əˈbluːm// adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Blooming; covered in flowers.
"[…] on summer nights when the tulips were abloom and the bees buzzing […]"
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
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
when the bud, or buds, on a plant are bursting into flower wordnet

Adverb

1
In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding. not-comparable, postpositional

Synonyms

efflorescent efflorescent

Example

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

Etymology

From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”).

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