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blossom

English

Alternative forms

* blasom (Jamaican English)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flower, especially indicative of fruit as seen on a fruit tree etc.; taken collectively as the mass of such flowers.
    • The blossom has come early this year.
  • The state or season of producing such flowers.
    • The orchard is in blossom .
  • (figurative) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
  • * Massinger
    • in the blossom of my youth
  • The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.

    • Derived terms

    * apple blossom * blossomed * blossom-end rot * blossom-faced * blossom-headed * blossoming * blossomless * blossom-nosed * blossom-rock * blossomry * blossomy * cherry blossom * emblossom, imblossom * grog-blossom * may-blossom * in blossom * may-blossom * orange blossom * out-blossom * out-blossoming * peach blossom * pease-blossom * plum blossom * rum-blossom * reblossom * snow-blossom

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have or open into blossoms; to bloom.
  • To begin to thrive or flourish.

    • Synonyms

    * (have or open into blossoms ): bloom, come into bloom, come into blossom, flower * (begin to thrive or flourish ): bloom, flourish, grow, prosper, thrive

    macedonian

    English

    (wikipedia Macedonian) (Macedonia naming dispute)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to Macedonia, its people or language.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Macedonia (in any sense).

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of Macedonia, provisionally designated the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
  • (historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
  • The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.
  • (archaic) The name of a West-Bulgarian dialect prior to the codification of Macedonian standard language. Used in Bulgaria.

    • See also

    * Language list

    Related terms

    * Macedon * Macedonia * Macedonic * Macedonianism

    External links

    * Ancient Macedonian on Linguist * Macedonian] from [http://www.britannica.com/ Encyclopaedia Britannica * (websters-online) *