flourish

flour·ish  (flûrsh, flr-)

v. flour·ished, flour·ish·ing, flour·ish·es

v.intr.

1. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive: The crops flourished in the rich soil.

2. To do or fare well; prosper: "No village on the railroad failed to flourish" John Kenneth Galbraith.

3. To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence: a poet who flourished in the tenth century.

4. To make bold, sweeping movements: The banner flourished in the wind.

v.tr.

To wield, wave, or exhibit dramatically.

n.

1. 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.

2. An embellishment or ornamentation: a signature with a distinctive flourish.

3. An ostentatious act or gesture: a flourish of generosity.

4. Music A showy or ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.

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[Middle English florishen, from Old French florir, floriss-, from Vulgar Latin *flrre, from Latin flrre, to bloom, from fls, flr-, flower; see bhel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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flourish·er n.

Synonyms: flourish, brandish, wave
These verbs mean to swing back and forth boldly and dramatically: flourished her newly signed contract; brandish a sword; waving a baton.

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flourish

Verb

1. to be active, successful, or widespread; prosper

2. to be at the peak of development

3. to wave (something) dramatically

Noun

1. a dramatic waving or sweeping movement: he created a flourish with an imaginary wand

2. an ornamental curly line in writing

3. a fancy or extravagant action or part of something: he took his tie off with a flourish [Latin florere to flower]

flourishing adj

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Flourish of strumpets: a company of prostitutes—Lipton, 1970

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flourish - a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish" motion, gesture - the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
	2.	flourish - an ornamental embellishment in writing embellishment - a superfluous ornament paraph - a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
	3.	flourish - a display of ornamental speech or language grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
	4.	flourish - the act of waving brandish wafture, waving, wave - the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
	5.	flourish - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" tucket, fanfare music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
Verb	1.	flourish - grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" thrive, expand, boom revive - be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived" grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" luxuriate - thrive profusely or flourish extensively
	2.	flourish - make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving" prosper, thrive, fly high change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
	3.	flourish - move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" brandish, wave wigwag - send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

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flourish

verb 1. thrive, increase, develop, advance, progress, boom, bloom, blossom, prosper, burgeon << OPPOSITE fail

verb 2. succeed, do well, be successful, move ahead, get ahead, go places (informal) go great guns (slang) go up in the world

verb 3. grow, thrive, develop, flower, succeed, get on, bloom, blossom, prosper, bear fruit, be vigorous, be in your prime

verb 4. wave, brandish, sweep, swish, display, shake, swing, wield, flutter, wag, flaunt, vaunt, twirl

noun 5. wave, sweep, brandish, swish, shaking, swing, dash, brandishing, twirling, twirl, showy gesture

noun 6. show, display, parade, fanfare

noun 7. curlicue, sweep, decoration, swirl, plume, embellishment, ornamentation

Translations

flourish [ˈflʌrɪʃ] vi → florecer

n → ademán m; movimiento (ostentoso)

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flourish [ˈflʌrɪʃ] vi → prospérer

vt → brandir

n (= gesture) → moulinet m (= decoration); fioriture f [of trumpets]; fanfare f

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flourish [ˈflʌrɪʃ] vi → gedeihen;

(business) → blühen, florieren

vt → schwenken

n (in writing) → Schnörkel m;

(bold gesture);

with a flourish → mit einer schwungvollen Bewegung

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flourish [ˈflʌrɪʃ] vi → fiorire

vt → brandire

n → abbellimento; svolazzo; [of trumpets] → fanfara