blooming
pronunciation
How to pronounce blooming in British English:
UK [ˈblu:mɪŋ]
How to pronounce blooming in American English:
US [ˈblumɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the organic process of bearing flowers
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- Adjective:
- (used of persons) informal intensifiers
Word Origin
- blooming (adj.)
- late 14c., present participle adjective from bloom (v.). Meaning "full-blown" (often a euphemism for bloody) is attested from 1882.
Example
- 1. Cistanche 's blooming period occurs in march and april .
- 2. Parks and gardens with early blooming flowers and trees
- 3. The same chapter that tells of the earth 's shifted axis shows trees blooming in january .
- 4. Blooming and opening meant the same thing in relation to flowers .
- 5. One reason the panda is so vulnerable is that bamboo dies off periodically after blooming and pandas so dislike people that they would starve rather than cross an inhabited area to find a fresh source of food .