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1. The organic process of bearing flowers
   "you will stop all blooming if you let the flowers go to seed";
   - bloom

1. Informal intensifier
   "what a blooming nuisance";
   - bally [Brit], blinking [Brit], bloody, crashing, flaming, effing [Brit], freaking

1. Produce or yield flowers
   "The cherry tree bloomed";
   - blossom, flower
    
2. Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
   - thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish, flower

Derived forms: bloomings

See also: unmitigated

Type of: biological process, change state, develop, organic process, turn

Encyclopedia: Blooming, Oregon