"blossom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈblɒ.səm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblɑ.səm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blossom.wav [Southern-England], en-us-blossom.ogg [General-American], en-au-blossom.ogg [Australia] Forms: blossoms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsəm, -ɑsəm Etymology: From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōsmaz (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem), an enlargement of *blōstaz (compare German Blust), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blosme}} Middle English blosme, {{inh|en|ang|blostm}} Old English blostm, {{m|ang|blostma}} blostma, {{der|en|gem-pro|*blōsmaz}} Proto-Germanic *blōsmaz, {{cog|fy|blossem}} West Frisian blossem, {{cog|nl|bloesem}} Dutch bloesem, {{m|gem-pro|*blōstaz}} *blōstaz, {{cog|de|Blust}} German Blust, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-s-||bloom, flower}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-||to bloom, to thrive}} *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”), {{cog|sq|bleron||to blossom, to thrive}} Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), {{cog|la|flōs||flower}} Latin flōs (“flower”), {{m|la|Flōra||goddess of plants}} Flōra (“goddess of plants”), {{m|en|blow#Etymology_4}} blow, {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blossom (countable and uncountable, plural blossoms)
  1. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Flowers Translations (flowers on trees): endë [feminine] (Albanian), bleron [feminine] (Albanian), ἄνθος (ánthos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), زَهْرَة (zahra) [feminine] (Arabic), ծաղիկ (caġik) (Armenian), кве́тка (kvjétka) [feminine] (Belarusian), цвят (cvjat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ပွင့် (pwang.) (Burmese), flor [feminine] (Catalan), (huā) (Chinese Mandarin), květ [masculine] (Czech), bloesem [masculine] (Dutch), õis (Estonian), kukat (Finnish), kukinta (Finnish), fleur [feminine] (French), fror [feminine] (Galician), frol [feminine] (Galician), ყვავილი (q̇vavili) (Georgian), Blüte [feminine] (German), ανθός (anthós) [masculine] (Greek), פריחה [plural] (Hebrew), 𒀀𒇷𒂖 (a-le-el) (Hittite), virág (Hungarian), bocciolo [masculine] (Italian), blasam (Jamaican Creole), blazam (Jamaican Creole), (haná) (alt: はな) (Japanese), (kkot) (Korean), гүл (gül) (Kyrgyz), flōs (Latin), Bléi [feminine] (Luxembourgish), цвет (cvet) [masculine] (Macedonian), puanga (Maori), وشکو (vëšku) (Mazanderani), blosme (Middle English), blostma [masculine] (Old English), چیچك (çiçek) (Ottoman Turkish), شکوفه (šokufe) (Persian), kwiat [masculine] (Polish), flor [feminine] (Portuguese), floare [feminine] (Romanian), цвето́к (cvetók) (Russian), पुष्प (puṣpa) [neuter] (Sanskrit), blàth [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dìthean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), flùr [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), бехар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), цвет [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), цвијет [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), цват [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), behar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cvet [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cvijet [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cvat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zàgara [feminine] (Sicilian), kvet [masculine] (Slovak), cvet [masculine] (Slovene), flor [feminine] (Spanish), blomma [common-gender] (Swedish), шукуфа (šukufa) (Tajik), ดอกไม้ (dɔ̀ɔk-máai) (Thai), ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk) (Thai), མེ་ཏོག (me tog) (Tibetan), çiçek (Turkish), bahar (Turkish), кві́тка (kvítka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), цвіт (cvit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), цвіт (cvit) (Ukrainian), bông (Vietnamese), imbali [class-10, class-9] (Zulu), umqhakazo [class-3, class-4] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-blossom-en-noun-2FZ6QLP4 Disambiguation of Flowers: 33 25 10 6 14 11 Categories (other): Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes: 62 11 5 15 3 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 9 20 6 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 9 11 14 7 7 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 33 14 16 17 9 10 Disambiguation of 'flowers on trees': 50 39 6 5
  2. The state or season of producing such flowers. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state or season for such flowers): цъфтеж (cǎftež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), floració [feminine] (Catalan), rozkvět [masculine] (Czech), bloesemtijd [masculine] (Dutch), bloeitijd [masculine] (Dutch), bloei [masculine] (Dutch), kukinta [state] (Finnish), kukinta-aika (english: season) (Finnish), floraison [feminine] (French), galais [masculine] (Galician), meleda [feminine] (Galician), chora [feminine] (Galician), გაფურჩქვნა (gapurčkvna) (Georgian), Blüte [feminine] (German), פריחה (prikha) [feminine] (Hebrew), гүлдөп турган маал (güldöp turgan maal) (Kyrgyz), Bléi [feminine] (Luxembourgish), matikaotanga (Maori), blostm [masculine] (Old English), kwitnienie [neuter] (Polish), okres kwitnienia [masculine] (Polish), floração [feminine] (Portuguese), florada [feminine] (Portuguese), пери́од цветения (períod cvetenija) (Russian), цвете́ние (cveténije) [neuter] (Russian), расцве́т (rascvét) [masculine] (Russian), цвет (cvet) [masculine] (Russian), nciurata [feminine] (Sicilian), nzagarata [feminine] (Sicilian), گەش (geş) (Sorani), floración [feminine] (Spanish), blomning [common-gender] (Swedish), цвіті́ння (cvitínnja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-blossom-en-noun-KOWRIJtR Disambiguation of 'state or season for such flowers': 17 81 1 1
  3. (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (blooming period or stage of development): Blütezeit [feminine] (German), расцве́т (rascvét) [masculine] (Russian), ро́зквіт (rózkvit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), کھلنا (khilnā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-blossom-en-noun-BPWcqal- Disambiguation of 'blooming period or stage of development': 3 1 96 1
  4. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-blossom-en-noun-ERsdoeZD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blasom [English, Jamaican]
Derived forms: apple blossom, apple blossom weevil, blossomed, blossom-end rot, blossomest, blossom-faced, blossom-headed, blossoming, blossomless, blossom-nosed, blossom out, blossom-rock, blossomry, blossomy, blue blossom, cherry blossom, cherry blossom front, crash blossom, emblossom, imblossom, gin blossom, grog-blossom, in blossom, May blossom, may-blossom, orange blossom, out-blossom, out-blossoming, peach blossom, pease-blossom, plum blossom, pricot blossom, rape blossom, reblossom, rum-blossom, snow-blossom, sperm blossom, sperm-blossom

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈblɒ.səm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblɑ.səm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blossom.wav [Southern-England], en-us-blossom.ogg [General-American], en-au-blossom.ogg [Australia] Forms: blossoms [present, singular, third-person], blossoming [participle, present], blossomed [participle, past], blossomed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒsəm, -ɑsəm Etymology: From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōsmaz (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem), an enlargement of *blōstaz (compare German Blust), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blosme}} Middle English blosme, {{inh|en|ang|blostm}} Old English blostm, {{m|ang|blostma}} blostma, {{der|en|gem-pro|*blōsmaz}} Proto-Germanic *blōsmaz, {{cog|fy|blossem}} West Frisian blossem, {{cog|nl|bloesem}} Dutch bloesem, {{m|gem-pro|*blōstaz}} *blōstaz, {{cog|de|Blust}} German Blust, {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-s-||bloom, flower}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), {{m|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-||to bloom, to thrive}} *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”), {{cog|sq|bleron||to blossom, to thrive}} Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), {{cog|la|flōs||flower}} Latin flōs (“flower”), {{m|la|Flōra||goddess of plants}} Flōra (“goddess of plants”), {{m|en|blow#Etymology_4}} blow, {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₃-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} blossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed)
  1. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (have, or open into, blossoms): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower Translations (have or open into blossoms): ἀνθέω (anthéō) (Ancient Greek), زَهَرَ (zahara) (Arabic), բողբոջել (boġboǰel) (Armenian), ফুলা (phula) (Assamese), çiçəkləmək (Azerbaijani), çiçək açmaq (Azerbaijani), цвісці́ (cviscí) [imperfective] (Belarusian), цъ́фвам (cǎ́fvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), цъфтя́ (cǎftjá) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), ပန်းပွင့် (pan:pwang.) (Burmese), florir (Catalan), پشکووتن (pişkûtin) (Central Kurdish), ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎦ (atsilvsga) (Cherokee), 開花 (Chinese Mandarin), 开花 (kāihuā) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (kāi) (Chinese Mandarin), kvést [imperfective] (Czech), bloeien (Dutch), bloesemen (Dutch), flori (Esperanto), kukkia (Finnish), puhjeta (Finnish), fleurir (French), florî (Friulian), frorecer (Galician), frolear (Galician), choridar (Galician), esbrochar (Galician), chorir (Galician), ყვავის (q̇vavis) (Georgian), იფურჩქნება (ipurčkneba) (Georgian), blühen (German), erblühen (German), blüeje [Alemannic-German] (German), fleri (Haitian Creole), virágzik (Hungarian), fiorire (Italian), 咲く (saku) (alt: さく) (Japanese), гүлдену (güldenu) (Kazakh), гүлдеу (güldeu) (Kazakh), ផ្កា (phkaa) (Khmer), 피다 (pida) (Korean), гүлдө (güldö) (Kyrgyz), гүлдөө (güldöö) (Kyrgyz), enfloreser (Ladino), flōreō (Latin), bléien (Luxembourgish), floréieren (Luxembourgish), цути (cuti) [imperfective] (Macedonian), പുഷ്പിക്കുക (puṣpikkuka) (Malayalam), manahua (Maori), ngawhā (Maori), pua (Maori), matikao (Maori), fleri (Mauritian Creole), blosmen (Middle English), blomstre (Norwegian Bokmål), blomstre (Norwegian Nynorsk), bløme (Norwegian Nynorsk), blōwan (Old English), چیچكلنمك (çiçeklenmek) (Ottoman Turkish), شکفتن (šekoftan) (Persian), kwitnąć [imperfective] (Polish), desabrochar (Portuguese), florir (Portuguese), florescer (Portuguese), t'ikay (Quechua), waytay (Quechua), înflori (Romanian), цвести́ (cvestí) [imperfective] (Russian), расцвета́ть (rascvetátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расцвести́ (rascvestí) [perfective] (Russian), цветати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), цвјетати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), cvetati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), cvjetati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ciuriri (Sicilian), nzagarari [feminine] (Sicilian), kvitnúť [imperfective] (Slovak), cveteti [imperfective] (Slovene), florecer (Spanish), blomma (Swedish), blomstra (Swedish), шукуфтан (šukuftan) (Tajik), บาน (baan) (Thai), çiçek açmak (Turkish), цвісти́ (cvistý) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), кві́тнути (kvítnuty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розцвіта́ти (rozcvitáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розцвісти́ (rozcvistý) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розквіта́ти (rozkvitáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розкві́тнути (rozkvítnuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), gullamoq (Uzbek), nở (Vietnamese), florön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-blossom-en-verb-bDO65hjF Disambiguation of 'have, or open into, blossoms': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'have or open into blossoms': 97 3
  2. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (begin to thrive or flourish): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive Translations (begin to thrive or flourish): ἀνθέω (anthéō) (Ancient Greek), բողբոջել (boġboǰel) (Armenian), разцъфтявам (razcǎftjavam) (Bulgarian), گەشانەوە (geşanewe) (Central Kurdish), puuge (Farefare), kukoistaa (Finnish), s’épanouir (French), ყვავის (q̇vavis) (Georgian), იფურჩქნება (ipurčkneba) (Georgian), blühen (German), aufblühen (German), flōreō (Latin), bléien (Luxembourgish), opbléien (Luxembourgish), blosmen (Middle English), blomstre (Norwegian Bokmål), blomstre (Norwegian Nynorsk), bløme (Norwegian Nynorsk), florescer (Portuguese), prosperar (Portuguese), расцвета́ть (rascvetátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), расцвести́ (rascvestí) [perfective] (Russian), aggigghiari (Sicilian), blomstra (Swedish), florön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-blossom-en-verb-KNnHc1kQ Disambiguation of 'begin to thrive or flourish': 9 91 Disambiguation of 'begin to thrive or flourish': 8 92

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} blossom
  1. Alternative form of blosme Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: blosme
    Sense id: en-blossom-enm-noun-SxALXuyy Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Foppiſh and fantaſtick Ornaments are only Indications of Vice, not criminal in themſelves. Extinguiſh Vanity in the Mind, and you naturally retrench the little Superfluities of Garniture and Equipage. The Bloſſoms will fall of themſelves, when the Root that nouriſhes them is deſtroyed.",
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          "sense": "flowers on trees",
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          "word": "bông"
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          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "cǎftež",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "цъфтеж"
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          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "floració"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozkvět"
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        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bloesemtijd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bloeitijd"
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          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bloei"
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        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
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          "word": "kukinta"
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          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "season",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "word": "kukinta-aika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "floraison"
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          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "meleda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gapurčkvna",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "word": "გაფურჩქვნა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Blüte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "prikha",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פריחה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "güldöp turgan maal",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "word": "гүлдөп турган маал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Sorani",
          "roman": "geş",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "word": "گەش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bléi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "word": "matikaotanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blostm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kwitnienie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "okres kwitnienia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "floração"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "florada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "períod cvetenija",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "word": "пери́од цветения"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cveténije",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "цвете́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rascvét",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "расцве́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cvet",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "цвет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nciurata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nzagarata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "floración"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "blomning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 81 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "cvitínnja",
          "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
          "word": "цвіті́ння"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1619–1622, Philip Massinger, “A Very Woman”, in Three New Playes: viz. The Bashful Lover, Guardian, Very Woman. As They have been Often Acted at the Private-house in Black-Friers, by His Late Majesties Servants, with Great Applause, London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, published 1655, →OCLC, act IV, scene iii; republished as W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, in Four Volumes. With Notes Critical and Explanatory, volume IV, London: Printed for G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol [et al.] by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1805, →OCLC, page 317",
          "text": "This beauty, in the blossom of my youth, / When my first fire knew no adulterate incense, / Nor I no way to flatter, but my fondness; / [...] long did I love this lady, / Long was my travail, long my trade to win her; / With all the duty of my soul, I served her.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise."
      ],
      "id": "en-blossom-en-noun-BPWcqal-",
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        [
          "development",
          "development"
        ],
        [
          "lovely",
          "lovely"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich"
        ],
        [
          "promise",
          "promise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Blütezeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rascvét",
          "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "расцве́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rózkvit",
          "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ро́зквіт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 96 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "khilnā",
          "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
          "word": "کھلنا"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1834–1847, Robert Southey, “A Feeble Attempt to Describe the Physical and Moral Qualities of Nobs”, in John Wood Warter, editor, The Doctor, &c., London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, →OCLC; new edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862, →OCLC, page 358, column 2",
          "text": "For colour he [Nobs, a horse] was neither black-bay, brown-bay, dapple-bay, black-grey, iron-grey, sad-grey, branded-grey, sandy-grey, dapple-grey, silver-grey, dun, mouse-dun, flea-backed, flea-bitten, rount, blossom, roan, pye-bald, rubican, sorrel, cow-coloured sorrel, bright sorrel, burnt sorrel, starling-colour, tyger-colour, wolf-colour, deer-colour, cream-colour, white, grey, or black. Neither was he green, like the horse which the Emperor [Septimus] Severus took from the Parthians, [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs."
      ],
      "id": "en-blossom-en-noun-ERsdoeZD",
      "links": [
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          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "intermix",
          "intermix"
        ],
        [
          "sorrel",
          "sorrel"
        ],
        [
          "bay",
          "bay"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɒ.səm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɑ.səm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒsəm"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑsəm"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "Jamaican"
      ],
      "word": "blasom"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "blosme"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English blosme",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "blostm"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "blostma"
      },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blōsmaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "blossem"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian blossem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "bloesem"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch bloesem",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "*blōstaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Blust"
      },
      "expansion": "German Blust",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-s-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bloom, flower"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰleh₃-",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "*bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "bleron",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to blossom, to thrive"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "flōs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flower"
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      "expansion": "Latin flōs (“flower”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Flōra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "goddess of plants"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blow#Etymology_4"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
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    {
      "form": "blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blossoming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blossomed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
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    {
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  ],
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    "blos‧som"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1851 June 22, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, edited by H. G. O. Blake, Summer: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 26 Paternoster Square E.C., published 1884, page 210",
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
          "word": "bloom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
          "word": "come into bloom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
          "word": "come into blossom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
          "word": "flower"
        }
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "zahara",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "زَهَرَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "boġboǰel",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "բողբոջել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "phula",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ফুলা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "çiçəkləmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "çiçək açmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "cviscí",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цвісці́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "cǎ́fvam",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цъ́фвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "cǎftjá",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цъфтя́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pan:pwang.",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ပန်းပွင့်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "florir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "atsilvsga",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "開花"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kāihuā",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "开花"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "開"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kāi",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "开"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kvést"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "bloeien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "bloesemen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "flori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "kukkia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "puhjeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "fleurir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "florî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "frorecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "frolear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "choridar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "esbrochar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "chorir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇vavis",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ყვავის"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ipurčkneba",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "იფურჩქნება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "blühen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "erblühen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "blüeje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anthéō",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ἀνθέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "fleri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "virágzik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "fiorire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "さく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saku",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "咲く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "güldenu",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "гүлдену"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "güldeu",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "гүлдеу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phkaa",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ផ្កា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pida",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "피다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "pişkûtin",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "پشکووتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "güldö",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "гүлдө"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "güldöö",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "гүлдөө"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "enfloreser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "flōreō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "bléien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "floréieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "cuti",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цути"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "puṣpikkuka",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "പുഷ്പിക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "manahua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ngawhā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "pua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "matikao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mfe",
          "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "fleri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "blosmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "blomstre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "blomstre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "bløme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "blōwan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çiçeklenmek",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "چیچكلنمك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šekoftan",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "شکفتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kwitnąć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "desabrochar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "florir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "florescer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "t'ikay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "waytay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "înflori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cvestí",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цвести́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rascvetátʹ",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "расцвета́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rascvestí",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "расцвести́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цветати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цвјетати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "cvetati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "cvjetati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "ciuriri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nzagarari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kvitnúť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "cveteti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "florecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "blomma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "blomstra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "šukuftan",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "шукуфтан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "baan",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "บาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "çiçek açmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "cvistý",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цвісти́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kvítnuty",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "кві́тнути"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozcvitáty",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "розцвіта́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozcvistý",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розцвісти́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozkvitáty",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "розквіта́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozkvítnuty",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розкві́тнути"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "gullamoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "nở"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
          "word": "florön"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 January 30, Rico Lebrun, “New Haven · Capri · Rome (1958–1960) [To David Lebrun from Los Angeles, January 30, 1961]”, in James Renner, David Lebrun, editors, In the Meridian of the Heart: Selected Letters of Rico Lebrun, Boston, Mass.: David R. Godine, Publisher, published 2000, page 66",
          "text": "Since I came back from Pomona I have done many drawings to illustrate the Inferno of Dante [Alighieri] and I find my old Italian love blossoming all over again for this greatest of all master poets, bar none.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to thrive or flourish."
      ],
      "id": "en-blossom-en-verb-KNnHc1kQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "thrive",
          "thrive"
        ],
        [
          "flourish",
          "flourish#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "bloom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "flourish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "grow"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "prosper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "thrive"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "boġboǰel",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "բողբոջել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razcǎftjavam",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "разцъфтявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "puuge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "kukoistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "s’épanouir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇vavis",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "ყვავის"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ipurčkneba",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "იფურჩქნება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "blühen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "aufblühen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anthéō",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "ἀνθέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "geşanewe",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "گەشانەوە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "flōreō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "bléien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "opbléien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "blosmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "blomstre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "blomstre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "bløme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "florescer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "prosperar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rascvetátʹ",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "расцвета́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rascvestí",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "расцвести́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "aggigghiari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "blomstra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
          "word": "florön"
        }
      ]
    }
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      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɒsəm"
    },
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      "word": "blossom-end rot"
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      "word": "grog-blossom"
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          "text": "Foppiſh and fantaſtick Ornaments are only Indications of Vice, not criminal in themſelves. Extinguiſh Vanity in the Mind, and you naturally retrench the little Superfluities of Garniture and Equipage. The Bloſſoms will fall of themſelves, when the Root that nouriſhes them is deſtroyed.",
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      "word": "花"
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      "word": "õis"
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      "word": "ყვავილი"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "𒀀𒇷𒂖"
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      "word": "virág"
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      "word": "blazam"
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      "alt": "はな",
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      "word": "花"
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      "word": "꽃"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "word": "гүл"
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      "word": "puanga"
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      "word": "وشکو"
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      "word": "blosme"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blostma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çiçek",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "چیچك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šokufe",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "شکوفه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kwiat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "floare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cvetók",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "цвето́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "puṣpa",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "पुष्प"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blàth"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dìthean"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flùr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бехар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цвет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цвијет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цват"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "behar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cvijet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zàgara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blomma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šukufa",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "шукуфа"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dɔ̀ɔk-máai",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "ดอกไม้"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dɔ̀ɔk",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "ดอก"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "me tog",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "མེ་ཏོག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "çiçek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "bahar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kvítka",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кві́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cvit",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цвіт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cvit",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "цвіт"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "word": "bông"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "imbali"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "flowers on trees",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4"
      ],
      "word": "umqhakazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cǎftež",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цъфтеж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "floració"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozkvět"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloesemtijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloeitijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "topics": [
        "state"
      ],
      "word": "kukinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "season",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "word": "kukinta-aika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "floraison"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galais"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meleda"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gapurčkvna",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "word": "გაფურჩქვნა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Blüte"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "prikha",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פריחה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "güldöp turgan maal",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "word": "гүлдөп турган маал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Sorani",
      "roman": "geş",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "word": "گەش"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bléi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "word": "matikaotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blostm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kwitnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "okres kwitnienia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "floração"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "florada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "períod cvetenija",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "word": "пери́од цветения"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cveténije",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "цвете́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rascvét",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "расцве́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cvet",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цвет"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nciurata"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nzagarata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "floración"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blomning"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cvitínnja",
      "sense": "state or season for such flowers",
      "word": "цвіті́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Blütezeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rascvét",
      "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "расцве́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rózkvit",
      "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́зквіт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "khilnā",
      "sense": "blooming period or stage of development",
      "word": "کھلنا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blossom"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰleh₃-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "1": "fy",
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "Blust"
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      "expansion": "German Blust",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "bleron",
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        "4": "to blossom, to thrive"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "flōs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "flower"
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      "expansion": "Latin flōs (“flower”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Flōra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "goddess of plants"
      },
      "expansion": "Flōra (“goddess of plants”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blow#Etymology_4"
      },
      "expansion": "blow",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleh₃-"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōsmaz (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem), an enlargement of *blōstaz (compare German Blust), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blossoming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "blossomed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "blossomed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "blos‧som"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1851 June 22, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, edited by H. G. O. Blake, Summer: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 26 Paternoster Square E.C., published 1884, page 210",
          "text": "The Utricularia vulgaris or bladder-wort, a yellow pea-like flower, has blossomed in stagnant pools.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "open",
          "open#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961 January 30, Rico Lebrun, “New Haven · Capri · Rome (1958–1960) [To David Lebrun from Los Angeles, January 30, 1961]”, in James Renner, David Lebrun, editors, In the Meridian of the Heart: Selected Letters of Rico Lebrun, Boston, Mass.: David R. Godine, Publisher, published 2000, page 66",
          "text": "Since I came back from Pomona I have done many drawings to illustrate the Inferno of Dante [Alighieri] and I find my old Italian love blossoming all over again for this greatest of all master poets, bar none.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to thrive or flourish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thrive",
          "thrive"
        ],
        [
          "flourish",
          "flourish#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɒ.səm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɑ.səm/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒsəm"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑsəm"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-us-blossom.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-blossom.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/En-au-blossom.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
      "word": "bloom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
      "word": "come into bloom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
      "word": "come into blossom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "have, or open into, blossoms",
      "word": "flower"
    },
    {
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "bloom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "flourish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "grow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "prosper"
    },
    {
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "thrive"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "zahara",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "زَهَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "boġboǰel",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "բողբոջել"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "phula",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ফুলা"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "çiçəkləmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "çiçək açmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cviscí",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цвісці́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cǎ́fvam",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цъ́фвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cǎftjá",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цъфтя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pan:pwang.",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ပန်းပွင့်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "florir"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "atsilvsga",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "開花"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāihuā",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "开花"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "開"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāi",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "开"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kvést"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "bloeien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "bloesemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "flori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "kukkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "puhjeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "fleurir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "florî"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "frorecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "frolear"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "choridar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "esbrochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "chorir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇vavis",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ყვავის"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ipurčkneba",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "იფურჩქნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "blühen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "erblühen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "blüeje"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anthéō",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ἀνθέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "fleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "virágzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "fiorire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saku",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "咲く"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "güldenu",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "гүлдену"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "güldeu",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "гүлдеу"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phkaa",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ផ្កា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pida",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "피다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "pişkûtin",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "پشکووتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "güldö",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "гүлдө"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "güldöö",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "гүлдөө"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "enfloreser"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "flōreō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "bléien"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "floréieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "cuti",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цути"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "puṣpikkuka",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "പുഷ്പിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "manahua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ngawhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "pua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "matikao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mfe",
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "fleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "blosmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "blomstre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "blomstre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "bløme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "blōwan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çiçeklenmek",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "چیچكلنمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šekoftan",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "شکفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kwitnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "desabrochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "florir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "florescer"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "t'ikay"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "waytay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "înflori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cvestí",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цвести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rascvetátʹ",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "расцвета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rascvestí",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "расцвести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цветати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цвјетати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "cvetati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "cvjetati"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "ciuriri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nzagarari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kvitnúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "cveteti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "florecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "blomma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "blomstra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šukuftan",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "шукуфтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "baan",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "บาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "çiçek açmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cvistý",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цвісти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kvítnuty",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кві́тнути"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozcvitáty",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розцвіта́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozcvistý",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розцвісти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozkvitáty",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розквіта́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozkvítnuty",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розкві́тнути"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "gullamoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "nở"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "have or open into blossoms",
      "word": "florön"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "boġboǰel",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "բողբոջել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razcǎftjavam",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "разцъфтявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "puuge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "kukoistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "s’épanouir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇vavis",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "ყვავის"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ipurčkneba",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "იფურჩქნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "blühen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "aufblühen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anthéō",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "ἀνθέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "geşanewe",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "گەشانەوە"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "flōreō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "bléien"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "opbléien"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "blosmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "blomstre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "blomstre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "bløme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "florescer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "prosperar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rascvetátʹ",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "расцвета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rascvestí",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "расцвести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "aggigghiari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "blomstra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "begin to thrive or flourish",
      "word": "florön"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blossom"
}

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "blossom",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "blosme"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of blosme"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blosme",
          "blosme#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "blossom"
}

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