flourish

C1
Pronunciation
/ˈflʌ.ɹɪʃ/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.

Example Sentences
  • With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
2 Definition

An ornamentation.

Example Sentences
  • His signature ended with a flourish.
3 Definition

A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

Example Sentences
  • The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church.
4 Definition

A decorative embellishment on a building.

Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

To thrive or grow well.

Example Sentences
  • The barley flourished in the warm weather.
2 Definition

To prosper or fare well.

Example Sentences
  • The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.
3 Definition

To be in a period of greatest influence.

Example Sentences
  • His writing flourished before the war.
4 Definition

To develop; to make thrive; to expand.

5 Definition

To make bold, sweeping movements with.

Example Sentences
  • They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.
6 Definition

To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

7 Definition

To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.

8 Definition

To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

9 Definition

To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.

10 Definition

To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.

11 Definition

To boast; to vaunt; to brag.