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unbloom

unbloom verb: to remove the bloom from.

Verb

unbloom (third-person singular simple present unblooms, present participle unblooming, simple past and past participle unbloomed)

  1. (obsolete, poetic, rare, transitive) To remove the bloom from.
    • No rival's charms unbloom the palid cheek; […]1780, W. Nisbet, Poems; Chiefly Composed from Recent Events, page 92
    • Unbloom the radiant aspect of my bride / Into this haggard mother of my child1876, John Byrne Leicester Warren (Baron de Tabley), The Soldier of Fortune (page 190)

Forms of unbloom

third-person singular presentunblooms
present participleunblooming
past participleunbloomed
pastunbloomed

Origin of unbloom

From un- + bloom.

Questions about unbloom

What does unbloom mean?
Unbloom means to remove the bloom from.
What part of speech is unbloom?
Unbloom is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbloom?
The past tense of unbloom is unbloomed.

Words near unbloom in the dictionary

  1. unblooded
  2. unbloodied
  3. unbloodily
  4. unbloodthirsty
  5. unbloody
  6. unbloom
  7. unbloomed
  8. unblooming
  9. unblooms
  10. unblooped
  11. unblossomed

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