Flourish

Word FLOURISH
Character 8
Hyphenation flour ish
Pronunciations /ˈflʌ.ɹɪʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Flourish"

What do we mean by flourish?

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive. intransitive verb

To do or fare well; prosper. intransitive verb

To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence. intransitive verb

To make bold, sweeping movements. intransitive verb

To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically. intransitive verb

A dramatic or stylish movement, as of waving or brandishing. noun

An embellishment or ornamentation. noun

An ostentatious act or gesture. noun

A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare. noun

A flourishing condition. noun

Showy adornment; decoration; ornament. noun

Ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; especially, parade of words and figures; rhetorical display. noun

A figure formed by bold or fanciful lines or strokes of the pen or graver: as, the flourishes about an initial letter. noun

A brandishing; the waving of something held in the hand: as, the flourish of a sword, a cane, or a whip. noun

In music: An elaborate but unmeaning passage for display, or as a preparation for real performance. noun

A trumpet-call; a fanfare. noun

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.

A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.

An ornamentation.

A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

A decorative embellishment on a building.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Flourish

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The word "flourish" in example sentences

He saw the label flourish throughout the 2000s, releasing women's and men's ready-to-wear collections as well as accessories, eyewear and two fragrances. ❋ Adam Gabbatt (2010)

The chief design flourish is the patterned panel on the sides of the jersey and shorts that evokes the shell of a diamondback terrapin. ❋ Liz Clarke (2010)

Upsets may occur, even painful misunderstandings and separations, yet the essential love remains, and might again flourish, more temperately. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To make him the foil and flip-side of his own deranged killer for the purposes of a cutesy rhetorical flourish is obscene. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the striper population flourished during the years of commercial fishing then why can it not again flourish along with commercial fishing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The way an authoritarian government can flourish is to create a sub-maximization: look at all the trouble that people who are trying to over-throw us are causing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Beyond the obvious (of how babies happen), I was merely saying what countless studies have shown – that the best (ideal) opportunity for children to flourish is when they have a stable home life with a mother and father. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Edmunde Burke (I think) said: The only thing required for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Comey's testimonial flourish is actually yet another rehashing of whether the president's responsibility as commander in chief (under Article II) and the broad grant of all "necessary and appropriate" power given in military authorization by Congress trumps the ill-fitting FISA statute, which was drafted in peacetime and whose leisurely espionage structure arguably contemplates exceptions to its warrant regime premised on "other statutes." ❋ Unknown (2007)

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