EGAVE

effloresce

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To burst into bloom; to flower.
  2. verb Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
  3. verb Senses relating to chemistry. Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization. Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form. Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
  4. verb Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
  5. verb Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
  6. verb Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).

Similar words

crystalize crystallize burst forth outblossom burgeon explode spring beflower effervesce blow

Often followed by

in on into and with quickly or when slightly

Word family

effloresced effloresces efflorescing

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