Bloom vs. Boom

Bloomnoun

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

Boomverb

To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.

‘Thunder boomed in the distance and lightning flashes lit up the horizon.’; ‘The cannon boomed, recoiled, and spewed a heavy smoke cloud.’; ‘Beneath the cliff, the sea was booming on the rocks.’; ‘I can hear the organ slowly booming from the chapel.’;

Bloomnoun

Flowers, collectively.

Boomverb

To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.

Bloomnoun

(uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

‘The cherry trees are in bloom.’;

Boomverb

(transitive) To make something boom.

‘Men in grey robes slowly boom the drums of death.’;

Bloomnoun

(figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.

‘the bloom of youth’;

Boomverb

To publicly praise.

Bloomnoun

The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.

Boomverb

To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.

Bloomnoun

Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.

Boomverb

To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.

‘to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat’;

Bloomnoun

The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

Boomverb

(intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.

‘The population boomed in recent years.’; ‘Business was booming.’;

Bloomnoun

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

Boomverb

To cause to advance rapidly in price.

‘to boom railroad or mining shares’;

Bloomnoun

(mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.

‘the rose-red cobalt bloom’;

Boomnoun

A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.

‘The boom of the surf.’;

Bloomnoun

(culinary) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.

Boomnoun

One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.

Bloomnoun

(television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.

Boomnoun

(nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.

Bloomnoun

The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

Boomnoun

A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.

Bloomverb

(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

Boomnoun

A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.

Bloomverb

(transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

Boomnoun

(electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.

Bloomverb

(intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.

Boomnoun

A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.

Bloomverb

Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.

Boomnoun

A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.

Bloomnoun

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

‘The rich blooms of the tropics.’;

Boomnoun

The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.

Bloomnoun

The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.

Boomnoun

A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.

Bloomnoun

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.

‘Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty.’;

Boomnoun

A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

Bloomnoun

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.

‘A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it.’;

Boominterjection

used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

Bloomnoun

The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

Boominterjection

used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.

Bloomnoun

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

Boomnoun

A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

Bloomnoun

A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

Boomnoun

A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.

Bloomnoun

A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.

Boomnoun

A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.

Bloomverb

To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

‘A flower which onceIn Paradise, fast by the tree of life,Began to bloom.’;

Boomnoun

A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.

Bloomverb

To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.

‘A better country blooms to view,’;

Boomnoun

A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.

Bloomverb

To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

‘Charitable affection bloomed them.’;

Boomnoun

A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.

Bloomverb

To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.

‘While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day.’;

Boomnoun

A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; - applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee.

Bloomnoun

the organic process of bearing flowers;

‘you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed’;

Boomverb

To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.

Bloomnoun

reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

Boomverb

To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.

‘At eve the beetle boomethAthwart the thicket lone.’;

Bloomnoun

the best time of youth

Boomverb

To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.

‘Alarm guns booming through the night air.’;

Bloomnoun

a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Boomverb

To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.

‘She comes booming down before it.’;

Bloomnoun

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Boomverb

To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.

Bloomnoun

a powdery deposit on a surface

Boomverb

To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.

Bloomverb

produce or yield flowers;

‘The cherry tree bloomed’;

Boomnoun

a deep prolonged loud noise

Bloomnoun

a flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty

‘an exotic bloom’;

Boomnoun

a state of economic prosperity

Bloomnoun

the state or period of flowering

‘the apple trees were in bloom’;

Boomnoun

a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);

‘the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line’;

Bloomnoun

the state or period of greatest beauty, freshness, or vigour

‘I am no longer in the bloom of youth’;

Boomnoun

a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

Bloomnoun

a youthful or healthy glow in a person's complexion

‘her face had lost its usual bloom’;

Boomnoun

any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

Bloomnoun

a delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems

‘the bloom on a plum’;

Boomverb

make a resonant sound, like artillery;

‘His deep voice boomed through the hall’;

Bloomnoun

a greyish-white appearance on chocolate caused by cocoa butter rising to the surface.

Boomverb

hit hard;

‘He smashed a 3-run homer’;

Bloomnoun

short for algal bloom

Boomverb

be the case that thunder is being heard;

‘Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed’;

Bloomnoun

a full, bright sound in a recording

‘the remastering has lost some of the bloom of the strings’;

Boomverb

make a deep hollow sound;

‘Her voice booms out the words of the song’;

Bloomnoun

a mass of iron, steel, or other metal hammered or rolled into a thick bar for further working

‘an 18-foot-long steel bloom emerges red-hot from a new reheat furnace’;

Boomverb

grow stronger;

‘The economy was booming’;

Bloomnoun

an unworked mass of puddled iron.

Boomnoun

a loud, deep, resonant sound

‘the deep boom of the bass drum’;

Bloomverb

produce flowers; be in flower

‘a chalk pit where cowslips bloomed’;

Boomnoun

the characteristic resonant cry of the bittern

‘the boom of the bittern may be enjoyed in the country’;

Bloomverb

come into or be in full beauty or health; flourish

‘the children had bloomed in the soft Devonshire air’;

Boomnoun

a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth

‘the London property boom’;

Bloomverb

(of fire, colour, or light) become radiant and glowing

‘colour bloomed in her cheeks’;

Boomnoun

a pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel's sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed.

Bloomverb

coat (a lens) with a special surface layer so as to reduce reflection from its surface.

Boomnoun

a movable arm over a television or film set, carrying a microphone or camera

‘a boom mike’;

Bloomverb

make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

Boomnoun

a floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbour or river.

Boomverb

make a loud, deep, resonant sound

‘thunder boomed in the sky’;

Boomverb

say in a loud, deep, resonant voice

‘‘Stop right there,’ boomed the Headmaster’;

Boomverb

(of a bittern) utter its characteristic resonant cry

‘a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds’;

Boomverb

experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth

‘business is booming’;