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noun

blossoming n. The process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.

Synonyms: flowering, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence.

verb

Blossom v. i. (past & past part. blossomed; pres. part. blossoming)

To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower. "The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And blossomed."

To flourish and prosper; to develop into a superior type. "Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit."

To appear or grow as if by blossoming; to spread out rapidly.

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Etymology of 'Blossoming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blossoming" Quotes from Famous Books

... stopped, and Hilda must open her eyes, whether she would or no. In the porch, under the blossoming clematis, stood a tall, broad-shouldered man, dressed in rough homespun, who held out his great brown hand and said in ...

— Queen Hildegarde • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

... nightingales are said to sing among them, but it was not the season for hearing them from the train; and we made what shift we could with the strawberry and asparagus beds which we could see plainly, and the peach trees and cherry trees. One of these had committed the solecism of blossoming in October, instead of April or May, when the ...

— Familiar Spanish Travels • W. D. Howells

... unfathomed stillness of the soul, art thou, Lady of Silence and Solitude, a vision thrilled with light, a lonely lotus blossoming on ...

— The Fugitive • Rabindranath Tagore

... extravagant in its luxuriance and splendor. The enormous forest was broken by openings like prairies, and in every one of them the grass grew thick and tall, interspersed with sunflowers and blossoming wild plants. Through the woods ran vast networks of vines, and birds of brilliant plumage chattered in the trees. Twice, deer sprang up before them and raced away in the forest. It was the wilderness almost as De Soto had traversed it nearly four centuries before, and it had a majesty ...

— The Rock of Chickamauga • Joseph A. Altsheler

... which, in a vague way, he classed airships and all such modern inventions. Jack thought, too, that Ezra Perkins was the kind of man who liked to shine out among his neighbors, and what better opportunity could he have to satisfy this ambition than by blossoming forth as a man who, single handed, ...

— The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone • Richard Bonner

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