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Synonyms for blossom

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : blos-uhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɒs əm

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Définition of blossom

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old English blostm, blostma "blossom, flower, fruit," from Proto-Germanic *blo-s- (cf. Middle Low German blosom, Dutch bloesem, German Blust), from PIE *bhlow-, extended form of *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom," possibly identical with *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole). This is the native word, now largely superseded by bloom and flower.
  • noun flower
  • verb flower
  • verb flourish
Example sentences :
  • The new house was to be the garden in which she should blossom.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Not far from here ran Joseph's river, making the desert to blossom like the rose.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • What belief should be sown to blossom forth in a harvest of strength and peace?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • This was no soil for kindliness and affection to blossom in.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • I also have in blossom an Abutilon and three Obconica Primulas.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • Each mocking day doth fleece A blossom, and lay bare her poverty.
  • Extract from : « A Calendar of Sonnets » by Helen Hunt Jackson
  • On September 27 I found a blossom on the peach-tree in our back yard.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various
  • In this little garden of happiness, her hope begins to blossom.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Girls are like the hawthorns; when they break out into blossom, they do all they can.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • "It takes them some days to develop and blossom," said the Professor.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various

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