bloomed

verb

past tense of bloom
1
as in flowered
to produce flowers forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring

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2
as in blushed
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment) she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk

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Recent Examples of bloomed The couple say their relationship bloomed over their love of comic art. — Lina Lecaro, SPIN, 22 July 2026 Along the way, algae bloomed, chemicals were dumped, and ducks turned up dead. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 Two corpse flowers nicknamed Odora and Odorysseus have bloomed at the San Marino conservatory, drawing thousands for the rare occasion and quickly surpassing last year’s numbers. — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 In spring, the buckeye bloomed beautifully, and now greenish-brown, round fruit capsules are forming. — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026 Within days of the pool being refilled on June 9, patches of vivid green algae bloomed across the surface, particularly near the Lincoln and World War II memorials. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 July 2026 Trump has consistently blamed vandals for disrupting the reflecting pool repairs, which have faced struggles as the pool turned green and bloomed with algae shortly after initial renovations were completed. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Their romance ultimately bloomed on a 2016 trip to climb skyscraper Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin, China. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Mourinho moments bled over from Sky Sports to Sky News as the reality TV era bloomed in the 2000s. — Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloomed
  1. flowered
  2. blushed
  3. blossomed
  4. glowed
  5. flushed
Verb
  • Staking helps protect tall or large-flowered dahlias from breakage and flopping over, especially after rain or strong wind.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • Here's what the experts say happens, and what to do if your plant has already flowered.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 15 May 2026
Definition of flowered
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  • The actress blushed as her co-stars, Whoopi Goldberg and Quinta Brunson, showered her with some love at a Kevin special screening later that day.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The oversize headwear shaded her face, shielding her dark brows over her taupe smoky eye, lightly blushed cheeks and the pop of pink on her lips.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 June 2026
Definition of blushed
Verb
  • By his third season at UC-Santa Barbara, the 6-foot-5 right hander blossomed into the best pitcher in the nation.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
  • Cozens has blossomed into a high-end 2C with a fresh start in Ottawa.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of blossomed
Verb
  • String lights glowed overhead as the San Gabriel Mountains went dark behind them.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The picture glowed, the sound was clear; nothing blurred, slanted, or bled off the screen.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026
Definition of glowed
Verb
  • Volume surged near the bottom, where price had flushed out and begun to turn higher.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Peterson recovered and gathered with two hands, then went back to his right hand and flushed a forceful one-handed dunk over Baba Miller to give Utah an early 6-2 lead.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Definition of flushed

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