how to pronounce bloom

/bluːm/

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An example use of bloom in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… vast fields of roses bloom overnight …”

meanings of bloom

noun:

An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.
The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
Flowers, collectively.
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

verb:

Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.
Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

name:

A surname.

bloom frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word bloom occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bloom can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bloom can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;