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flourish (enc)

Flourish

Noun1.flourish - a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
gesture, motion - the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
2.flourish - an ornamental embellishment in writing
embellishment - a superfluous ornament
paraph - a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
3.flourish - a display of ornamental speech or language
grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, rhetoric - high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
4.flourish - the act of waving
wafture, waving, wave - the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
5.flourish - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
Verb1.flourish - grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
revive - be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived"
grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
luxuriate - thrive profusely or flourish extensively
2.flourish - gain in wealth
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
3.flourish - move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
wigwag - send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

 

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