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# blooming

adjective (blooming); verb, -ing form of bloom (bloom, blooms, bloomed, blooming); adverb (blooming, UK informal)

«blooming» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having flowers that are open; flowering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#m1)
2. Healthy, happy and full of life: looking blooming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#m2)
3. (UK, informal, mild) A mild word used to show annoyance or for emphasis, like a gentle swear word: «that blooming dog!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#m3)
4. Growing and doing well (a blooming business, a blooming friendship). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, plants are blooming in spring. In UK everyday talk grandparents say «blooming heck!» or «it's blooming freezing» instead of a ruder word. In stories, a blooming girl or garden is healthy and beautiful.

### Examples

- The roses are blooming in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#x1)
- The cherry trees are blooming early this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#x2)
- That blooming cat has knocked over the plant again! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#x3)
- It's blooming freezing out here! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#x4)
- You look blooming after your holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#x5)
- Their friendship was blooming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#x6)
- Blooming flowers ornament the staircases, and soft carpets the floors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/#x7)

### Note

The UK mild exclamation is polite enough for most people, though some teachers may not like it. Similar mild words: flipping, blinking. Base verb: bloom.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blooming» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blooming/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blooming» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blooming.html) on Mova free.