Blossoming
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process by which something blossoms.
"“The Vagrants” begins on March 21, 1979 — the spring equinox — which is this careful writer’s way of telling us that a long winter of privation and darkness may be giving way, at last, to the blossomings of spring."
- 2 the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of blossom form-of, gerund, participle, present
Antonyms
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More examples"What glorious summer days were those! how delightful it was to sit under those rose-trees which seemed as if they never intended to stop blossoming!"
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