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abloom

US/əˈbluːm/

abloom adverb: in or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding.

Adverb

abloom (not comparable)

  1. (postpositional) In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding.

Adjective

abloom (comparative more abloom, superlative most abloom)

  1. Blooming; covered in flowers.
    • […] on summer nights when the tulips were abloom and the bees buzzing […]1928, Virginia Woolf, chapter 4, in Orlando: A Biography, London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished as Orlando: A Biography (eBook no. 0200331h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, July...
    • [Krazy Kat:] How can you tell spring is here, Offissa Pupp? / [Officer Pupp:] By the flower abloom in yon pot.1934 April 17, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Tuesday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 112
  2. (figuratively) Having something growing or grown.
    • For Santa Claus comes / With reindeer and sleigh / To fill up the stockings on glad Christmas Day. / And there in the library / Stands a great tree / With gifts all abloom, most lovely to see!1900 January, Gregory Hartswick, “[Untitled]”, in St. Nicholas (magazine), volume 27, number 3, page 274
    • Who does not feel the passage of divine dreams over his troubled life when the infinite meadows of heaven are suddenly abloom with light?1902, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Under the Trees, page 62
  3. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty.
    • The Hollywood concept of clean-shaven, square-jawed young men and fragrant young ladies with cheeks abloom does not seem to square with the facts.1987, Merrill J. Mattes, The Great Platte River Road, page 70
    • When they returned, Jade's cheeks were abloom, her eyes alight with anticipation.1997, Ruth Langan, chapter 1, in Jade

abloom meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

abloom in Tamil

பூத்துள்ள நிலையில், மலர்ச்சியுற்று, சிவந்து, ஒளிநிறைந்து

abloom in Urdu

جوبن پر, پربہار, شاداب, شگفتہ

abloom in Malayalam

വികാസം പ്രാപിക്കുക

abloom in Kannada

ಅರಳಿ, ಹೂವು ಬಿಟ್ಟು

Forms of abloom

comparativemore abloom
superlativemost abloom

Origin of abloom

From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”).

Words that rhyme with abloom

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Questions about abloom

What does abloom mean?
Abloom means in or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding.
What is abloom in Tamil?
Abloom in Tamil is பூத்துள்ள நிலையில், மலர்ச்சியுற்று, சிவந்து. See Abloom meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abloom?
Abloom can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce abloom?
Abloom is pronounced /əˈbluːm/ (US).

Words near abloom in the dictionary

  1. abliterating
  2. abliteration
  3. abliterations
  4. Ablon
  5. ablood
  6. abloom
  7. ablow
  8. ablude
  9. abluded
  10. abludes
  11. abluding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abloom (page history and authors); abloom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abloom (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abloom (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abloom (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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