Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Flourish   /flˈərɪʃ/   Listen
Flourish

verb
(past & past part. flourished; pres. part. flourishing)
1.
Grow vigorously.  Synonyms: boom, expand, thrive.  "Business is booming"
2.
Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.  Synonyms: fly high, prosper, thrive.
3.
Move or swing back and forth.  Synonyms: brandish, wave.
noun
(pl. flourishes)
1.
A showy gesture.
2.
An ornamental embellishment in writing.
3.
A display of ornamental speech or language.
4.
The act of waving.  Synonym: brandish.
5.
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments.  Synonyms: fanfare, tucket.  "Her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Flourish" Quotes from Famous Books



... sensitive, and so restless! A hundred details of her vivacity come to life again in my eyes. Stupidly, I contemplate the poker, the tongs, the big spoon—all the things she used to flourish as she chattered. There they ...
— Light • Henri Barbusse
... widened with the process of the suns. But I protest that there is such a masterly mistiness in it here and there, such a careful elusion of rocks and ruggednesses political, and such a fine wind-beating flourish of the banner of glittering generality, that I think there were more heads than one engaged in the concoction of the manifesto. I have studiously refrained from the introduction of the religious topic as far as I could in this work—it is outside my sphere; but I should ...
— Romantic Spain - A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) • John Augustus O'Shea
... His soul had found its life with his mother's gift; and he who was so weak and hesitating in ordinary moments, found courage and strength, and the dignity of a master, when he touched the strings. At last the instrument was ready. And with a flourish bold and free he struck into the measures of a waltz that filled the parlor with circling noise, and made the air throb and beat—swing and swell, as if it were liquid, and unseen hands were moving it ...
— How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's - And Other Stories • W. H. H. Murray
... blossom and rough leaves, was able to flourish even in close proximity to the wild verdure. It seemed that this plant had succeeded in avoiding the dangerous entanglements of the poisonous plants because of its tenacious and fearless qualities, at the same time its shadow was not ...
— Common Sense - - Subtitle: How To Exercise It • Yoritomo-Tashi
... to me the little house inhabited by him and his fellow Belgians, and I promised to go and see him at an early date. Then he raised his hat with a flourish to Cynthia, and ...
— The Mysterious Affair at Styles • Agatha Christie


More quotes...


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com