Main Entry: ³bloom

Function: verb

Date: 13th century

intransitive verb

1 a : to produce or yield flowers b : to support abundant plant life <make the desert bloom>
2 a (1) : to mature into achievement of one's potential (2) : to flourish in youthful beauty, freshness, or excellence b : to shine out : glow
3 : to appear or occur unexpectedly or in remarkable quantity or degree
4 : to become densely populated with microorganisms and especially plankton —used of bodies of watertransitive verb 1 obsolete : to cause to bloom
2 : to give bloom to