harmaantua — meaning in English

English meaning

• bloom noun A flower, or the state of a plant when its flowers are open.
• gray adj Having a color between black and white, like the color of clouds or ash.

Senses

harmaantua is used for these senses in English:

• bloom (intransitive, cooking, of chocolate) To develop a layer of bloom (white, spotty areas of cocoa butter) due to repeated warming and cooling.
• gray (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)

bloom — full definition

1. noun A flower, or the state of a plant when its flowers are open.
2. verb Of a plant, to produce and open flowers.
3. verb To grow, thrive, or reach a peak of health, beauty, or success.

gray — full definition

1. adj Having a color between black and white, like the color of clouds or ash.
2. adj Dull, dreary, or gloomy.
3. verb To become gray, especially of hair.

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