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Flourish
ˈflʌrɪʃ
Flourish definitions
verb
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flourishing
- (of a living organism) grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment
"wild plants flourish on the banks of the lake"
- develop rapidly and successfully
"the organization has continued to flourish"
- be working or at the height of one's career during a specified period
"the caricaturist and wit who flourished in the early years of this century"
- wave (something) about to attract attention
"‘Happy New Year!’ he yelled, flourishing a bottle of whisky"
noun
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flourishes
- a bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract attention
"with a flourish, she ushered them inside"
- an elaborate rhetorical or literary expression
- an ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork
"letters with an emphatic flourish beneath them"
- an impressive and successful act or period
"United produced a late second-half flourish"
- a fanfare played by brass instruments
"a flourish of trumpets"
- an ornate musical passage
- an extemporized addition played especially at the beginning or end of a composition