Flourish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive: The crops flourished in the rich soil.
  • verb-intransitive. To do or fare well; prosper: "No village on the railroad failed to flourish” ( John Kenneth Galbraith).
  • verb-intransitive. To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence: a poet who flourished in the tenth century.
  • verb-intransitive. To make bold, sweeping movements: The banner flourished in the wind.
  • v. To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.
  • n. A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing: "A few ... musicians embellish their performance with a flourish of the fingers” ( Frederick D. Bennett).
  • n. An embellishment or ornamentation: a signature with a distinctive flourish.
  • n. An ostentatious act or gesture: a flourish of generosity.
  • n. Music A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To thrive or grow well.
  • v. To prosper or fare well.
  • v. To be in a period of greatest influence.
  • v. To make bold, sweeping movements with.
  • n. A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
  • n. An ornamentation.
  • n. A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
  • n. A decorative embellishment on a building.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.
  • verb-intransitive. To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production.
  • verb-intransitive. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
  • verb-intransitive. To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
  • verb-intransitive. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
  • verb-intransitive. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
  • verb-intransitive. To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
  • v. To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
  • v. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.
  • v. To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.
  • v. To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
  • n. A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.
  • n. Decoration; ornament; beauty.
  • n. Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show.
  • n. A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.
  • n. A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare.
  • n. The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bloom; blossom; flower.
  • To thrive under natural forces or conditions; be in a state of natural vigor or development; grow or be developed vigorously.
  • To thrive under social or spiritual forces or relations; be vigorous in action or development; be successful or prosperous.
  • To be in a state of active existence or actual exercise; exist in activity or practice.
  • To make flourishes; use flowery or fanciful embellishments: as, to flourish in writing or speech.
  • To move or be moved in fantastic, irregular figures; play with fantastic or wavering motion.
  • In music:
  • To boast; vaunt; brag.
  • To shake; be brandished.
  • To cause to bloom; cause to thrive or grow luxuriantly.
  • To cause to prosper; preserve.
  • To embellish with flourishes, as handwriting, diction, etc.; adorn with flowery or showy words, figures, or lines; in general, to ornament profusely in any way: as, to flourish a signature.
  • To finish with care; enlarge and embellish; elaborate.
  • To brandish; hold in the hand and shake or wave about; hence, to display ostentatiously; flaunt: as, to flourish a sword or a whip; to flourish one's wealth or finery; to flourish one's authority.
  • To gloss over; give a fair appearance to.
  • n. A flourishing condition.
  • n. Showy adornment; decoration; ornament.
  • n. Ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; especially, parade of words and figures; rhetorical display.
  • n. A figure formed by bold or fanciful lines or strokes of the pen or graver: as, the flourishes about an initial letter.
  • n. A brandishing; the waving of something held in the hand: as, the flourish of a sword, a cane, or a whip.
  • n. In music: An elaborate but unmeaning passage for display, or as a preparation for real performance.
  • n. A trumpet-call; a fanfare.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. move or swing back and forth
  • v. make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
  • v. grow vigorously
  • n. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
  • n. a display of ornamental speech or language
  • n. a showy gesture
  • n. the act of waving
  • n. an ornamental embellishment in writing
  • Verb Form
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    turn    change state    melodic line    strain    melody    melodic phrase    line    air    tune    grandiosity   
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    thrive    boast    vaunt    brag    embellish    brandish    develop    expand    prosperity    vigor   
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    gesture    outburst    compliment    exclamation    pomp    utterance    feat    pose    nonsense    twist