(n.) The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.
(n.) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
(n.) The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.
(n.) To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.
(n.) To flourish and prosper.
Example Sentences:
(1) "A typical day in London would be: wake up hungover, try to get some breakfast in you," he says, barrelling along green-tunnelled country lanes through – as he puts it in Jerusalem – the "wild garlic and May blossom" that mean winter is over.
(2) Simmer for 2 minutes then stir in the orange zest, orange blossom water and vanilla extract.
(3) Time, he reasoned, to let a new and younger leadership “blossom”.
(4) The aim will be to try and keep market interest rate expectations low to allow the nascent recovery to blossom into something stronger and more sustainable," Wood said.
(5) Bibi-watchers are focused now on how the Israeli leader will play the next six months, in which the Geneva agreement will either blossom into a lasting accord or break apart.
(6) In your magazine, there was a beautifully written article by Dan Pearson on spring blossom, observed at a time of great personal stress.
(7) We meet at the headquarters of the Independent and the Evening Standard in Kensington, in an office scented by a Jo Malone orange blossom candle, and groaning with contemporary art.
(8) That moment, however, before the blossom breaks, is perhaps the most wondrous.
(9) On Saturdays, the farmers market blossoms in the parking lot outside with producers and “street fooders”.
(10) During that summer of 1956, Khrushchev's thaw blossomed and Muscovites relaxed a little more.
(11) Downstairs in the shopping centre I find Blossom and Nick, a rather eccentric pair who met 12 years ago in a queue for The Wright Stuff and quickly became engaged.
(12) However, one must consider the attitudes that prevailed at the time, the high rate of fetal and infant mortality, and the blossoming role of museums as repositories of knowledge.
(13) But to do Hakone justice, find a reasonably priced ryokan and take a couple of days to explore the volcanic geysers of Owakudani, the botanical gardens, the cherry blossom in spring and Hakone shrine on the shore of the lake.
(14) Below my window in Ross, when I'm working in Ross, for example, there at this season, the blossom is out in full now, there in the west early.
(15) He rises early to paint nature in all her wild exuberance … (the blossom) is as if a thick white cream had been poured over everything … just an intense visual pleasure."
(16) Clementine and dark chocolate trifle (above) This recipe gives classic trifle a zingy twist with clementines and orange blossom; a great make-ahead dinner party dessert.
(17) Innovations in drug delivery systems and skyrocketing health care costs have fostered the growth of home health care which has blossomed into a $2.8 billion industry.
(18) Their brains are unable to make the neural connections that they should; their cognitive ability does not blossom.
(19) But even as error rates stayed stable, student essays have blossomed in size and complexity.
(20) Under Pep Guardiola, the under-21 international has blossomed into a midfield leader and played as a makeshift centre-back in impressive fashion.
Burgeon
Definition:
(v. i.) To bud. See Bourgeon.
Example Sentences:
(1) States are meant to swim alone on this … We’re already doing extraordinary things to deal with the burgeoning demands on our hospitals.” Turnbull reiterated an earlier call for the states and territories to look at increasing some of their own revenue measures to make up for funding shortfalls.
(2) "This is a major milestone and testament to the burgeoning reputation of UK automotive excellence and demand for British-made cars."
(3) For 20 years the great British inequality machine has hurtled on, driven largely by the burgeoning incomes of this top 0.1% – almost all of whom are directors, bankers or work in business services and real estate – who captured the lion’s share of any gains in real productivity.
(4) Founded by the former US Navy Seal Erik Prince, Blackwater seized on the burgeoning private security contracts that emerged after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(5) The notion that Gleeson has lurched from one disaster to another, ruining everything from the Coen brothers' remake of True Grit to Richard Curtis's romcom About Time , seems a pretty unique interpretation of his burgeoning career as a versatile character actor.
(6) He is an expert on the public health problems that plague El Paso and the other cities along the international border, all of which are exacerbated by abject poverty and a burgeoning population.
(7) A ccents from every state in the union can be heard as workers pour off the train each day in Williston, North Dakota, ready to try their luck as the welders, truck drivers, plumbers, oil rig roughnecks, frackers, water carriers and road crews required to support the booming fracking industry – but also as plumbers, lawyers, cooks, accountants and everything else it takes to build a rapidly burgeoning city.
(8) The mood is fantastic: upbeat, from a crowd of older locals reliving their youth to cool young thangs attracted by Margate’s burgeoning reputation as Dalston-sur-Mer; fiftysomething men in braces and Harringtons, candy-floss-chomping teens… People are picnicking on the fake lawn beside the hair and beauty caravan, children gyrating newly bought hula-hoops to the strains of I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts.
(9) There’s a burgeoning wine industry with tasting rooms, several craft breweries and some great restaurants (try Goldy’s for breakfast).
(10) Burgeoning health care costs coupled with an increased focus on health promotion and illness prevention have created new demands on the health care delivery system.
(11) Despite his relative political impotency in Congress, the president hopes to use recent US economic strength to rally support outside Washington not just for a more radical policy agenda in his last two years in office, but for a burgeoning 2016 election debate in both parties about inequality and social mobility.
(12) In comparison to older methods, the bleeding severity index is highly reproducible and should be tested more widely to determine whether it can be applied to the burgeoning clinical research in anticoagulation and thrombolysis.
(13) Information is burgeoning with the advent of molecular genetics, and we anticipate therapeutic options when gene products are discovered.
(14) Wednesday's demonstration flight was mostly carrying representatives from Indonesian airlines, which are rapidly expanding to serve a burgeoning middle class in the sprawling archipelago where air travel between islands is a quicker alternative to ferries.
(15) This paper examines the ethical issues of conflict of interest raised by the burgeoning development of physician involvement in for-profit entrepreneurial activities outside their practice.
(16) Desalination has become the preferred method for water-stressed cities near to coasts to provide clean water for burgeoning populations.
(17) Professor Mthuli Ncube, chief economist of the African Development Bank, said that the "Africa rising" narrative is intact, adding: "Even in the face of headwinds, we still see the same drivers in place, if not even stronger, be they political progress in terms of governance and macroeconomic stability or burgeoning domestic demand from the middle class .
(18) 4 The DiamondMinecart 62.5m views Daily Minecraft videos, spotlighting the burgeoning community around "mods" for the game.
(19) On jobs, De Blasio said his administration would advance a dedicated science, technology, engineering and math program at the City University of New York which will prepare more students for jobs in New York City’s burgeoning tech industry.
(20) In the south and west, in contrast, the numbers of faithful are growing fast thanks to a burgeoning Hispanic population.