BLOOM
What does "BLOOM" mean?
A flower, or the state of flowering and flourishing.
Meanings
- A flower, especially one on a plant valued for its blossoms. The roses were in full bloom by June.
- To produce flowers; to flourish or come into fullest beauty. The orchard blooms a little earlier each warm spring.
- A rapid, dense growth of algae or plankton in water. A toxic algal bloom closed the lake to swimmers. technical
- A delicate powdery or waxy coating on fruit, or a healthy glow on skin. Fresh grapes carry a soft bloom you can wipe away.
Did you know?
- The same word for a single delicate flower also names algal blooms so vast that NASA satellites photograph them spreading across entire lakes and bays from orbit.
Word origin
From Old Norse 'blom' or 'blomi', meaning flower or blossom, related to Old English 'blowan' (to flower) and ultimately the Proto-Indo-European root for blooming and swelling.
Remember it
BLOOM has two O's like two open petals between the B and the M.
A little poem
The bare branch decides
overnight to spend itself -
pink, reckless, brief.
haiku
Wordplay
- The pessimist flower refused to bloom - it said the moment things peak, it's all downhill.
What it teaches
To bloom is to risk being spent - nothing flourishes while holding everything back.
Quick facts
What does BLOOM mean?
A flower, or the state of flowering and flourishing.
Is BLOOM a valid word?
Yes — BLOOM is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLOOM?
BLOOM has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLOOM come from?
From Old Norse 'blom' or 'blomi', meaning flower or blossom, related to Old English 'blowan' (to flower) and ultimately the Proto-Indo-European root for blooming and swelling.
What can BLOOM teach us?
To bloom is to risk being spent - nothing flourishes while holding everything back.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.