flourish

Definition of flourish in English English dictionary: To make bold, sweeping movements with; A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare; An unnecessary, decorative embellishment, on a building; An ornamentation; A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag; To thrive or grow well; To be in a period of greatest influence; To prosper or fare well; {v} to thrive, boast, brag, adorn, cut, play; {n} a boast, bravado, ornament, shake; If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly. Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day = thrive flounder + flourishing flour·ish·ing London quickly became a flourishing port; to be in a state of activity or production; to play with fantastic and irregular motion; (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" the act of waving a display of ornamental speech or language a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish" an ornamental embellishment in writing; {f} wave, brandish (i.e. a sword); thrive; grow and develop in a healthy manner; prosper, succeed; add decorative elements (especially to handwriting); To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures; an ornamental embellishment in writing; To develop; to make thrive; to expand; To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish; To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude; To boast; to vaunt; to brag; a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"; a/ Brandishing the weapon in a showy or eccentric manner b/ A fast and graceful display of swordplay; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit; (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"; A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare; Decoration; ornament; beauty; a display of ornamental speech or language; To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc; to do or fare well; prosper; If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it; gain in wealth; the act of waving; To make bold, sweeping movements; A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure; Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc; 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; The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the flourish of a sword; If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it. He flourished the glass to emphasize the point. Flourish is also a noun. He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes; the act of waving a display of ornamental speech or language a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"; {i} act of waving or flourishing (i.e. a sword); pretentious display; decorative addition (especially in handwriting); period of healthy growth and development; To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish; grow stronger; "The economy was booming"; to be in a state of activity and production; expanding in influence; thriving; visibly doing well; A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor; move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"; 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; If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it. The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes. = thrive + flourishing flour·ish·ing Britain has the largest and most flourishing fox population in Europe; To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive; bhâvanîya: means literally, "being as ought to be "; To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery
flourished: Simple past and past participle of flourish
flourishing: Present participle of flourish
flourishing: The action of the verb flourish; flowering
flourisher: {n} one who is in prime or prosperity
flourisher: {i} person who flourishes
flourisher: One who flourishes
flourishes: third-person singular of flourish
flourishes: plural of flourish
flourishing: having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population
flourishing: {s} prospering, thriving, successful
the righteous shall flourish like a palm: the good will be successful

flourish

Hyphenation

flour·ish

Turkish pronunciation

flırîş

Synonyms

curl, embellishment, furbelow, garnish, ornamentation, plume, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist, amplify, arrive, augment, batten, bear fruit

Antonyms

cease, fail, hinder, languish, stunt

Pronunciation

/ˈflərəsʜ/ /ˈflɜrɪʃ/

Etymology

() From Old English florisshen, flurisshen, and from Old French flurir, (French fleurir); Latin flōreō (“I bloom”), from flōs (“flower”). See flower + -ish.