to flourish

Definition of to flourish in English English dictionary: grow up
Socialism grew up in the industrial cities..; To make bold, sweeping movements with; A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare; An unnecessary, decorative embellishment, on a building; {v} to thrive, boast, brag, adorn, cut, play; {n} a boast, bravado, ornament, shake; If something flourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly. Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day = thrive flounder + flourishing flour·ish·ing London quickly became a flourishing port; to be in a state of activity or production; to play with fantastic and irregular motion; A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag; (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" the act of waving a display of ornamental speech or language a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish" an ornamental embellishment in writing; {f} wave, brandish (i.e. a sword); thrive; grow and develop in a healthy manner; prosper, succeed; add decorative elements (especially to handwriting); To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures; an ornamental embellishment in writing; An ornamentation; To prosper or fare well; To develop; to make thrive; to expand; To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish; To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude; To boast; to vaunt; to brag; a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"; a/ Brandishing the weapon in a showy or eccentric manner b/ A fast and graceful display of swordplay; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit; To thrive or grow well; (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"; A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare; Decoration; ornament; beauty; a display of ornamental speech or language; To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc; to do or fare well; prosper; If you do something with a flourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it; gain in wealth; the act of waving; To be in a period of greatest influence; To make bold, sweeping movements; A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure; Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc; To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc; The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the flourish of a sword; If you flourish an object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it. He flourished the glass to emphasize the point. Flourish is also a noun. He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes; the act of waving a display of ornamental speech or language a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"; {i} act of waving or flourishing (i.e. a sword); pretentious display; decorative addition (especially in handwriting); period of healthy growth and development; To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish; grow stronger; "The economy was booming"; to be in a state of activity and production; expanding in influence; thriving; visibly doing well; A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor; move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"; To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words; If a plant or animal flourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it. The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes. = thrive + flourishing flour·ish·ing Britain has the largest and most flourishing fox population in Europe; To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive; bhâvanîya: means literally, "being as ought to be "; To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery