Bloom

1. n. A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
2. n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
3. n. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
4. n. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.
5. n. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.
6. n. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
7. n. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.