blossom
part of speech
noun (a blossom, blossoms; blossom, uncountable); verb (blossom, blossoms, blossomed, blossoming)
meaning for a pupil
1) Blossom is the flowers on a fruit tree or bush, such as apple, cherry or plum, in spring. tree →
2) A blossom is one of those flowers. tree →
3) To blossom is to produce flowers. tree →
4) (figurative) To blossom is to grow and develop well, becoming happier, more confident or more successful. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons blossom is the flower stage of a fruit tree's life cycle; after bees pollinate the blossom, fruit grows. In Japan, people celebrate cherry blossom (sakura) with picnics. In stories, a shy character «blossoms» into a confident one. Phrases: cherry blossom, apple blossom, in blossom, blossom into.
examples
- The cherry tree is covered in pink blossom. tree →
- Bees buzzed among the apple blossoms. tree →
- The orange trees blossom in spring. tree →
- Without blossom, there would be no fruit. tree →
- The new girl was shy at first but blossomed in Year 5. tree →
- Their friendship blossomed during the school trip. tree →
- In Japan, families picnic under the cherry blossom. tree →
- "Here is a nice clover blossom." tree →
note
Uncountable for many flowers on a tree (lots of blossom), countable for single flowers (a blossom, three blossoms). Similar: bloom. Verb forms blossomed, blossoming (single m).
In the corpora
- Without that delivery the blossom would never become an apple.
- And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.
- And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof;
- The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
- Behold the day; behold, it cometh; the turn is come forth; the rod hath blossomed, arrogancy hath budded.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «blossom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.