blossom

[ blos-uhm ]

See synonyms for blossom on Thesaurus.com

nounBotany.

the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
the state of flowering: The apple tree is in blossom.

verb (used without object)

Botany. to produce or yield blossoms.
to flourish; develop (often followed by into or out): a writer of commercial jingles who blossomed out into an important composer.

(of a parachute) to open.

Origin of blossom

First recorded before 900; Middle English noun blosme, blossem, Old English blōstm(a), blōsma “flower”; cognate with Middle Dutch bloesem, Middle Low German blosem, blossem; see bloom¹, blow³

Other words for blossom

4	thrive, bloom, burgeon, sprout

See synonyms for blossom on Thesaurus.com

Other words from blossom

blos·som·less, adjective
blos·som·y, adjective
outblossom, verb (used with object)
re·blos·som, verb (used without object)
un·blos·somed, adjective
un·blos·som·ing, adjective

Other definitions for Blossom (2 of 2)

Blossom

[ blos-uhm ]

noun

a female given name.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use blossom in a sentence

Compared with neighbors Myanmar, Vietnam, and Laos, Cambodia appears to have a blossoming civil society.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy | David Shaftel | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
We kept joking about the show evolving and blossoming from this love triangle into this five-pointed star.
Kerry Washington’s Favorite ‘Scandal’ Season 3 Moments | Kerry Washington | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Or heck, just follow the hipsters and the blossoming of beer-garden culture (God bless it).
Ann Coulter Doesn’t Get the Real Reasons Behind America’s World Cup Mania | Kristen Soltis Anderson | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So it will be interesting to see how the media handles this blossoming Bloomberg News scandal.
Bloomberg Terminal Scandal Makes Bunga-Bunga Parties Seem Quaint | Stuart Stevens | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Matilda wins through her intelligence and a blossoming superpower to levitate objects with her mind.
‘Matilda’ Star Mara Wilson Reviews ‘Matilda the Musical’ | Ramin Setoodeh | April 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

You are blossoming here in Egypt, but you hardly let one know it when you put things on your face.
Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
Topping must not be delayed after the blossoming, in order that all danger from an untimely frost may be avoided.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
Yet, some day love will find her, as one finds a blossoming plum tree in the night.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
"Not for one life but for the blossoming of a thousand lives, shall I seek my lover, shall I regain his love," she sang.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
But she—innocent young Eva—little knew of the sensation she had caused by the rare beauty of her blossoming womanhood.
Julian Home | Dean Frederic W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for blossom

blossom

/ (ˈblɒsəm) /

noun

the flower or flowers of a plant, esp conspicuous flowers producing edible fruit
the time or period of flowering (esp in the phrases in blossom, in full blossom)

verb(intr)

(of plants) to come into flower
to develop or come to a promising stage: youth had blossomed into maturity

Origin of blossom

Old English blōstm; related to Middle Low German blōsem, Latin flōs flower

Derived forms of blossom

blossoming, noun, adjective
blossomless, adjective
blossomy, adjective

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse