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blossoming

blossoming is the present participle and gerund of blossom.

Meaning of blossom

Verb

blossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed)

  1. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
    • ANd the Loꝛde ſpake vnto Moſes ſayenge: ſpeake vnto the childern of Iſrael and take of them / foꝛ euery pꝛyncypall houſſe a rod / of their pꝛinces ouer the houſſes of their fathers: euen .xij. roddes / and wꝛyte euery mans name apon his rod. […] And his rod whom I choſe / ſhall bloſſome: So I wyll...1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Numeri...
    Synonyms:
    bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower, blow
  2. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.
    • A quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind "brother," the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely.1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Gossip”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 5

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Noun

blossoming (plural blossomings)

  1. The act or process by which something blossoms.
    • “The Vagrants” begins on March 21, 1979 — the spring equinox — which is this careful writer’s way of telling us that a long winter of privation and darkness may be giving way, at last, to the blossomings of spring.2009 March 8, Pico Iyer, “Crimes of Innocence”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2017

Forms of blossoming

pluralblossomings

Phrases with blossoming

Questions about blossoming

What does blossoming mean?
Blossoming means the act or process by which something blossoms.
What is blossoming the present participle and gerund of?
Blossoming is the present participle and gerund of blossom.
What part of speech is blossoming?
Blossoming is a noun.
What is the plural of blossoming?
The plural of blossoming is blossomings.

Words near blossoming in the dictionary

  1. blossomes
  2. blossomest
  3. blossometh
  4. blossomier
  5. blossomiest
  6. blossoming
  7. blossoming forth
  8. blossoming out
  9. blossomingly
  10. blossomings
  11. blossomish

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