abloom

[ uh-bloom ]

adverb

1. in bloom; blossoming; flowering.

abloom

/ əˈbluːm /

adjective

1. postpositive in flower; blooming

Word History and Origins

Origin of abloom¹

First recorded in 1850–55; a- ¹ + bloom ¹

Example Sentences

Then, if the owner wishes to see them continually abloom, bulbs must be planted, to give the early spring flowers.

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Lilacs were abloom in every garden, and buttercups made the fields look yellow.

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It was in the month of May and the bushes of the old palace yard were abloom in white and red.

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Here is one of these flowers; a century plant it is, watered with precious blood, and abloom in sweet solitude.

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His last testimony abounds with lovely passages of Scripture, beautiful and fragrant as a bush abloom with roses.

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