HOW TO PRONOUNCE
flourish
/ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/
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What does flourish mean?
verb
- To thrive or grow well.
- To prosper or fare well.
- To be in a period of greatest influence.
More meanings (14)
verb
- To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- To make bold, sweeping movements with.
- To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
- (archaic) To brandish (a weapon).
noun
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/
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To which the more humble spectators added their acclamations, and a numerous band of trumpeters the flourish of their martial instruments.
Every institution will grow and flourish in proportion to the quantity and extent of the means concentred towards its formation and support.
More book examples (3)
To hear them singing as they fly, you will be very happy in a new change of abode, and business will flourish.
They have no love for the limelight, and would be distinctly annoyed should their advent be heralded with a flourish of trumpets.
The only surgeon was one who combined the occasional exercise of that noble art with the daily and habitual flourish of a razor.