English dictionary
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English noun: flourish | |||
| 1. | flourish (communication) a showy gesture | ||
| Samples | She entered with a great flourish. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gesture, motion | ||
| 2. | flourish (communication) an ornamental embellishment in writing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | embellishment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | paraph | ||
| 3. | flourish (communication) a display of ornamental speech or language | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric | ||
| 4. | flourish (communication) the act of waving | ||
| Synonyms | brandish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wafture, wave, waving | ||
| 5. | flourish (communication) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | ||
| Samples | He entered to a flourish of trumpets. Her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare. | ||
| Synonyms | fanfare, tucket | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
English verb: flourish | |||
| 1. | flourish (change) grow vigorously | ||
| Samples | The deer population in this town is thriving. Business is booming. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to flourish | ||
| Synonyms | boom, expand, thrive | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | luxuriate, revive | ||
| 2. | flourish (possession) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | ||
| Samples | The new student is thriving. | ||
| Synonyms | fly high, prosper, thrive | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| 3. | flourish (contact) move or swing back and forth | ||
| Samples | She waved her gun. | ||
| Synonyms | brandish, wave | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | wigwag | ||
| Entail | hold, take hold | ||
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