Flourish

Quick meaning: Flourish is a verb meaning (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.

Meaning

(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
2. (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
3. (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
4. (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
5. (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
6. (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
7. (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.

Example Sentences

His writing flourished before the war.

The barley flourished in the warm weather.

The town flourished with the coming of the railway.

The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.

Word Forms

• flourishes
• flourishing
• flourished
• florysh
• floryshe

Synonyms for flourish

Depending on context, synonyms include expand, wave, boom, brandish, thrive, fanfare.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thrive, prosper, expand, brandish, boom, wave.

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