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| Main Entry: |
blossom
 [blos-uhm] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flower |
| Synonyms: | bloom, bud, efflorescence, floret, floweret, inflorescence, posy, spike |
| Main Entry: | blossom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flourish |
| Synonyms: | batten, bloom, develop, grow, mature, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive |
| Antonyms: | deteriorate, die, fade, shrink |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flower |
| Synonyms: | blossom, blossoming, bud, efflorescence, floret, flourishing, flower, floweret, opening |
Example Sentences
- Big-bucks marketing savvy, plus high-pressure recruitment techniques, have helped the for-profit industry blossom.
- In particular, the party is concerned to nip disparate sites of dissatisfaction in the bud before they blossom.
- The blossom is pollinated by flies that are attracted by its offensive smell: rotting flesh.
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
| Synonyms: | be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | blush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pink coloring |
| Synonyms: | bloom, blossom, burning, color, flush, flushing, glow, glowing, mantling, pink tinge, reddening, redness, rosiness, rosy tint, ruddiness, scarlet |
| Antonyms: | paleness, pallidity, whiteness |
| Main Entry: | bud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | new sprout on plant |
| Synonyms: | bloom, blossom, embryo, floret, germ, incipient flower, nucleus, shoot, spark |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow, prosper |
| Synonyms: | amplify, arrive, augment, batten, be on top of heap, bear fruit, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, come along, develop, do well, expand, flower, get ahead, get on, go, go great guns, hit it big, increase, live high on hog, make out, multiply, score, succeed, thrive, wax |
| Antonyms: | cease, fail, hinder, languish, stunt |
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bloom of a plant |
| Synonyms: | annual, blossom, bud, cluster, efflorescence, floret, floweret, head, herb, inflorescence, perennial, pompon, posy, shoot, spike, spray, vine |
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bloom, flourish |
| Synonyms: | batten, blossom, blow, burgeon, effloresce, mature, open, outbloom, prosper, thrive, unfold |
| Antonyms: | close, die, droop, fade, sag, shrink, shrivel |
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