Bloom vs. Effloresce

Bloomnoun

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

Bloomnoun

Flowers, collectively.

Bloomnoun

(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

Bloomnoun

(figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.

Bloomnoun

The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.

Bloomnoun

Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.

Bloomnoun

The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

Bloomnoun

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

Bloomnoun

(mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.

Bloomnoun

(culinary) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.

Bloomnoun

(television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.

Bloomnoun

The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

Bloomverb

(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

Bloomverb

(transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

Bloomverb

(intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.

Bloomverb

Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.

Bloomnoun

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

Bloomnoun

The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.

Bloomnoun

A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.

Bloomnoun

The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.

Bloomnoun

The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

Bloomnoun

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

Bloomnoun

A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

Bloomnoun

A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.

Bloomverb

To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

Bloomverb

To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.

Bloomverb

To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

Bloomverb

To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

Bloomnoun

the organic process of bearing flowers;

Bloomnoun

reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

Bloomnoun

the best time of youth

Bloomnoun

a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Bloomnoun

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Bloomnoun

a powdery deposit on a surface

Bloomverb

produce or yield flowers;

Bloomnoun

a flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty

Bloomnoun

the state or period of flowering

Bloomnoun

the state or period of greatest beauty, freshness, or vigour

Bloomnoun

a youthful or healthy glow in a person's complexion

Bloomnoun

a delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems

Bloomnoun

a greyish-white appearance on chocolate caused by cocoa butter rising to the surface.

Bloomnoun

short for algal bloom

Bloomnoun

a full, bright sound in a recording

Bloomnoun

a mass of iron, steel, or other metal hammered or rolled into a thick bar for further working

Bloomnoun

an unworked mass of puddled iron.

Bloomverb

produce flowers; be in flower

Bloomverb

come into or be in full beauty or health; flourish

Bloomverb

(of fire, colour, or light) become radiant and glowing

Bloomverb

coat (a lens) with a special surface layer so as to reduce reflection from its surface.

Bloomverb

make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

Effloresceverb

To burst into bloom; to flower.

Effloresceverb

Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.

Effloresceverb

Senses relating to chemistry.

Effloresceverb

Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.

Effloresceverb

Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.

Effloresceverb

Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).

Effloresceverb

To blossom forth.

Effloresceverb

To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.

Effloresceverb

To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.

Effloresceverb

burst forth into or as if into flower;

Effloresceverb

assume crystalline form; become crystallized

Effloresceverb

become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation