āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Flower
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I picked a bouquet of fresh flowers from the field.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻž āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
1.1
āĻĢā§āĻ˛, āĻĢā§āĻ˛
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻāĻ¨, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¯ā§āĻ
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
03
āĻĢā§āĻ˛, āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
an effeminate gay man, often delicate or gentle in manner
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They teased him for being a flower, but he wore it proudly.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to flower
01
āĻĢā§āĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(of a plant) to produce or display blossoms or blooms
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Each spring, the cherry trees flower, creating a stunning display of pink and white blossoms.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻā§, āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĢā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻž, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to develop or grow in a successful manner
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The business flowered into a global enterprise within a few years.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
flowerless
flowery
flower
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
