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flourish
verb flourishes, flourished, flourishing
- intr
1. To be strong and healthy; to grow well.
intr
2. To do well; to develop and prosper.
- Thesaurus: prosper, advance, progress, thrive, succeed, burgeon, blossom, flower, increase, develop, boom, mushroom; Antonym: fail, languish.
3. To be at one's most productive, or at one's peak.
4. To adorn with flourishes or ornaments.
5. To wave or brandish something.
- Thesaurus: wave, display, flaunt, brandish, parade, wield, vaunt.
- 1. A decorative twirl in handwriting.
2. An elegant sweep of the hand.
3. A showy piece of music; a fanfare.
4. A piece of fancy language.
adj
- A fanfare heralding an important person or people.
- Any ostentatious introduction.
adj
adverb
