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flowering

Syllables: flow·er·ing/ˈflaʊəɹɪŋ/

flowering is the present participle and gerund of flower.

Noun

flowering (plural flowerings)

  1. The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
  2. (figuratively) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
    Synonyms:
    floruit

Adjective

flowering (not comparable)

  1. Of a plant, that produces flowers.
    • Azaleas are flowering plants.
  2. aflower, in bloom

Meaning of flower

Verb

flower (third-person singular simple present flowers, present participle flowering, simple past and past participle flowered)

  1. (intransitive) To put forth blooms.
    • This plant flowers in June.
    Synonyms:
    bloom, blossom
  2. (transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers.
  3. (intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
    • when flowr'd my youthful spring1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Ægloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    flourish
  4. (archaic, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
    • That beer did flower a little.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  5. (intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
    • observations which have flowered off[1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC

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Synonyms of flowering

Forms of flowering

pluralflowerings

Words formed from flowering

Phrases with flowering

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Questions about flowering

What does flowering mean?
Flowering means the period of time during which a plant is in flower.
What is flowering the present participle and gerund of?
Flowering is the present participle and gerund of flower.
What part of speech is flowering?
Flowering can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce flowering?
Flowering is pronounced /ˈflaʊəɹɪŋ/.
What is the plural of flowering?
The plural of flowering is flowerings.

Words near flowering in the dictionary

  1. floweries
  2. floweriest
  3. flowerily
  4. floweriness
  5. flowerinesses
  6. flowering
  7. flowering ash
  8. flowering ashes
  9. flowering currant
  10. flowering desert
  11. flowering deserts

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