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Flourish
Found in thesaurus: motion, rhetoric, ornateness, grandiloquence, wafture, melodic line, melody, air, tune, turn, move
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flourish
v.
wave, brandish (i.e. a sword); thrive; grow and develop in a healthy manner; prosper, succeed; add decorative elements (especially to handwriting)
n.
act of waving or flourishing (i.e. a sword); pretentious display; decorative addition (especially in handwriting); period of healthy growth and development
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Flourish
The term flourish may refer to:
- Flourish (fanfare), ceremonial music played on a bugle
- A decorative curl or in typography or handwriting, see Swash (typography)
- "to bloom", of a person's or a culture's peak activity; Latin floruit "bloomed" refers to a person's known period of activity.
- Card flourish, a stage magic term for a visual display of skill.
- Especially in Renaissance fencing, Twirling of the weapon as a display of dexterity.
- Flourish (film), a comedic thriller
- Flourishing in positive psychology, is living in an optimal range of human functioning.
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flourish
Noun
1. a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
(hypernym) gesture, motion
2. an ornamental embellishment in writing
(hypernym) embellishment
(hyponym) paraph
3. a display of ornamental speech or language
(hypernym) grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric
4. the act of waving
(synonym) brandish
(hypernym) wave, waving, wafture
(derivation) brandish, wave
5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
(synonym) fanfare, tucket
(hypernym) tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
(classification) music
Verb
1. grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
(synonym) boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, expand
(hypernym) grow
(hyponym) revive
2. gain in wealth
(synonym) thrive, prosper, fly high
(hypernym) change state, turn
3. move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
(synonym) brandish, wave
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) wigwag
(entail) hold, take hold
(derivation) brandish
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flourish
v.
dařit se; vzkvétat; mávat čím
n.
máchnutí; rozmáchlé gesto
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flourish
Czas.
dobrze się rozwijać; kwitnąć; wymachiwać czymś
Rzecz.
gest teatralny; zawijas
