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4. germinate, develop, grow, wax; flourish, prosper, thrive, luxuriate, batten.

blooming, adj. 1. abloom, in bloom, flowering, blossoming, in blossom.
2. growing, waxing, flourishing, prospering, thriving, luxuriant; glowing, flushed, radiant; vigorous, healthy, sound.

blossom, n. 1. bloom, flower, floweret. See - bloom

(def. 1).
-v. 2. flower, germinate, grow. See - bloom (defs.

3. 4).

blot, n. 1. spot, speck, blotch, patch, dot, mark; smudge, smutch, smear, smirch, blur; stain, soil, dirt. 2. blemish, taint, flaw, mar; defect, fault, crack, scratch; imperfection, disfigurement, defacement.
-v. 3. spot, smudge, smutch, mark, ink; speckle, bedaub, bespatter, draggle, drabble, Archaic, daggle; smirch, smear, slime; soil, dirty, sully, besmirch, muck, bemire; stain, tarnish, blacken, discolor, mar.
4. Usu.

blot out obscure, shadow, adumbrate, darken, dim; obliterate, erase, expunge, rub out, delete, cancel, cross out, mark over or through, scratch out, Print, dele; annihilate, exterminate, extirpate, abolish, demolish, destroy, ruin, wipe out.
5. absorb, soak up, extract moisture from, dry out.

blotch, n. 1. blob, glob, patch, globule, splash.
See - blot (def. 1).
2. blemish, pimple, blackhead, eruption, SI. zit, Pathol, wen; sore, pustule, blister, Pathol, blain, Pathol, cyst; bump, mole, wart, pock, bruise, birthmark, Med. nevus, SI. hickey; scar, mar, taint, defect, fault, imperfection, discoloration, disfigurement, defacement.
-v. 3. smear, smirch, stain. See - blot (def. 3).

blotter, n. record, register, list, day book, police blotter.

blow¹, n. 1. slap, punch, hit, Inf. clout, Inf. buff, SI. shot, SI. slug, SI. paste, SI. bash, SI. rap 'side the head. See - bat¹ (def. 2).
2. shock, calamity, reversal. See - calamity (def. 2).
3. come to blows fight, spar, grapple, scuffle, tussle, brawl, SI. mix it up, engage in fisticuffs; dispute, skirmish, fall out, clash, row.
4. without striking a blow effortlessly, easily, without contest, Inf. hands down, Inf. walking away.
5. strike the first blow take the initiative, make the first move, lead off, start the ball rolling, meet [s.o.] head-on. See - begin (def. 3).

blow², v. 1. breeze, flurry, puff; bluster, squall, blast; fly, soar, zoom, sail, float, drift; wave, flap, flutter, ruffle, flourish, undulate, waft, toss.
2. exhale, respire, expel, emit, spout, give off, vent; puff, pant, huff, wheeze, gasp, breathe hard; whistle, whiffle, wind, whoosh, sigh, suspire, exude.
3. sound, blast, blare, toot, toodle.
4. Informal, brag, boast, crow, bluff, Inf. talk big.
5. burst, explode, rupture, pop; break open, split open, crack, split; implode, pop in, collapse; blow up, shatter, burn out, blow out, puncture; destroy, demolish, detonate; erupt, burst forth.
6. Slang, lavish, spend freely, SI. spend as if money is going out of style, Inf. throw one's money around; squander, waste, fritter away, misspend, run through, dissipate.
7. Slang, botch, bungle, muff, make a mess or hash
of; mismanage, Inf. mess up, Inf. screw up.
8. blow hot and cold waver, vascillate, fluctuate, shift or go back and forth, Inf. shilly-shally.
9. blow one's stack or

top lose one's temper, become enraged, flare up, lose control, SI. flip one's lid, SI.