Bloom vs. Prime

a flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty

First or highest in rank or importance; main

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

Highest in quality; excellent

a full, bright sound in a recording

Being the most desired or suitable example of something

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

Of or relating to the USDA highest grade of beef, having abundant marbling and usually only sold at restaurants.

produce flowers; be in flower

First or early in time, order, or sequence

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

(Mathematics) Of, relating to, or being a prime number.

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

The period of greatest physical and mental robustness

The flower of a plant.

The period of best performance or peak activity

Something resembling the flower of a plant

To make ready; prepare

The condition of being in flower

To prepare (a gun or mine) for firing by inserting a charge of gunpowder or a primer.

A condition or time of vigor and beauty; prime

To prepare for operation, as by pouring water into a pump or gasoline into a carburetor.

A fresh, rosy complexion

To prepare (a surface) for painting by covering with size, primer, or an undercoat.

A waxy or powdery whitish to bluish coating on the surface of certain plant parts, as on cabbage leaves or on a plum or grape.

To inform or instruct beforehand; coach.

A similar coating, as on newly minted coins.

To become prepared for future action or operation.

Grayish blotches or streaks on the surface of chocolate produced by the formation of cocoa butter crystals.

First in importance, degree, or rank.

(Chemistry) See efflorescence.

First in time, order, or sequence.

Glare that is caused by a shiny object reflecting too much light into a camera.

First in excellence, quality, or value.

A colored area on the surface of a body of water caused by large numbers of phytoplankton, especially cyanobacteria.

Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).

A bar of steel prepared for rolling.

Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.

A mass of wrought iron ready for further working.

(mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.

To bear a flower or flowers.

Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.

To support plant life in abundance

Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

To glow; be radiant

(obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.

To mature or flourish with youth and vigor

(historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.

To appear or come into being suddenly

(Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.

To cause to flourish.

(obsolete) The early morning generally.

(Obsolete) To cause to flower.

The earliest stage of something.

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

The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.

(collective) Flowers.

The chief or best individual or part.

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

(music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.

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

(fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

Rosy colour; the flush or glow on a person's cheek.

A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.

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

(card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.

Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.

(backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.

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

The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.

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

Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

(mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.

An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.

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

(obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.

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

A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.

(video games) The increase in bullet spread over time as a gun's trigger is kept held.

(cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.

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

(transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.

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

(transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.

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

To be renewed.

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

(intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

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

To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.

(cooking) To bring out the flavor of a spice by cooking it in oil.

To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).

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

To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.

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

To trim or prune.

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.

(math) To mark with a prime mark.

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.

First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.

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

First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.

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

First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.

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

Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

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.

Lecherous; lustful; lewd.

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

Marked or distinguished by a mark (´) called a prime mark.

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.

Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number.

To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.

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

The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.

the organic process of bearing flowers;

That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.

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

The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.

the best time of youth

The first of the chief guards.

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

Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; - so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.

a powdery deposit on a surface

To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.

produce or yield flowers;

To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.

To trim or prune, as trees.

To mark with a prime mark.

To be renewed, or as at first.

To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; - said of a steam boiler.

a number that has no factor but itself and 1

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.

the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest

insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc.) preparatory to detonation or firing;

cover with a primer; apply a primer to

fill with priming liquid;

first in rank or degree;

used of the first or originating agent;

of superior grade;

of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers;

at the best stage;