Past tense of blossom
regular verb
The past tense of blossom is blossomed. The past participle is also blossomed.
Forms of blossom
| Base form (V1) | blossom /ˈblɒs.əm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | blossomed |
| Past participle (V3) | blossomed |
| Present participle | blossoming |
| Third person singular | blossoms /ˈblɒ.səms/ |
Blossomed in a sentence
- Jude Bellingham has blossomed into a clinical scorer since joining Real Madrid.2023 October 26, Joseph Wilson, “Next generation ‘clasico’: Bellingham faces 1st game against a Barcelona brimming with young talents”, in…. From the entry clinical
- The smokecloud blossomed and more gathered to watch and Colette stood with her arms folded.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 24, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 131. From the entry smokecloud
- The narrow tunnel had blossomed out into some seriously unnarrow tunnels.2007, John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor, Vorpal Blade. From the entry unnarrow
- She blossomed into the flapper nonpareil, outboozing everyone and scorching Puritan sensibilities with her athletic bisexuality.1972, Newsweek, volume 80, numbers 19-26. From the entry outbooze
- Arte Povera, the politicized avant-garde art movement that blossomed in Italy in the late ’60s, is having a moment.2017 January 30, M. H. Miller, “Arte Povera Is Back”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, →ISSN. From the entry Arte Povera
Meaning of blossom
- noun A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
- noun The state or season of producing such flowers.
- noun A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
Questions about the past tense of blossom
- What is the past tense of blossom?
- The past tense of blossom is blossomed.
- What is the past participle of blossom?
- The past participle of blossom is blossomed.
- Is blossom a regular or irregular verb?
- Blossom is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blossom (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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