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What (who) is Flourish - definition
flourish
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Florish; Flourish (disambiguation)
(flourishes, flourishing, flourished)
1.
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
VERB: V
• flourishing
London quickly became a flourishing port.
ADJ
2.
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
VERB: V
• flourishing
Britain has the largest and most flourishing fox population in Europe.
ADJ
3.
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.
VERB: V n
•
Flourish is also a noun.
He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes.
N-COUNT
4.
If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it.
N-COUNT
flourish
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Florish; Flourish (disambiguation)
I. v. n.
1.
Thrive, grow.
2.
Prosper, succeed, be successful, go on well.
3.
Boast, brag, vaunt, vapor, gasconade, bluster, make a show, be ostentatious, show off, cut a dash, make a flourish.
4.
Attain one's prime, be at the height of one's powers, be in vigor, exercise one's full powers.
II. v. a.
Brandish, wave.
III. n.
1.
Ostentation, parade, show, display, dash.
2.
Bombast, grandiloquence, altiloquence, fustian, flowery speech, high-sounding words.
3.
Fanciful strokes (of a pen, etc.).
flourish
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Florish; Flourish (disambiguation)
¦ verb
1. grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way.
be working or at the height of one's career during a specified period.
2. wave (something) about dramatically.
¦ noun
1. a bold or extravagant gesture or action.
2. an ornamental flowing curve in handwriting or scrollwork.
3. Music an ornate musical passage.
a fanfare played by brass instruments.
Derivatives
flourisher noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. floriss-, lengthened stem of florir, based on L. florere, from flos, flor- 'a flower'.
Examples of use of Flourish
1. "Cancer does not flourish in a healthy body so crime should not flourish in a healthy society.
2. That‘s how the meaningful movement will flourish.
3. Meanwhile, racism and prejudice against them flourish.
4. Moreover, Jewish terrorists flourish next to them.
5. "Any hope Kabul has of rediscovering its identity is going to depend on allowing these communities to flourish and these buildings to flourish.