FLOURISH
Dictionary entry overview: What does flourish mean?
• FLOURISH (noun)
The noun FLOURISH has 5 senses:
1. a showy gesture
2. an ornamental embellishment in writing
3. a display of ornamental speech or language
4. the act of waving
5. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
Familiarity information: FLOURISH used as a noun is common.
• FLOURISH (verb)
The verb FLOURISH has 3 senses:
1. grow stronger
2. gain in wealth
3. move or swing back and forth
Familiarity information: FLOURISH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FLOURISH (noun)
Meaning:
A showy gesture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
she entered with a great flourish
Hypernyms ("flourish" is a kind of...):
gesture; motion (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)
Meaning:
An ornamental embellishment in writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flourish" is a kind of...):
embellishment (a superfluous ornament)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flourish"):
paraph (a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery))
Meaning:
A display of ornamental speech or language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flourish" is a kind of...):
grandiloquence; grandiosity; magniloquence; ornateness; rhetoric (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation)
Meaning:
The act of waving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
brandish; flourish
Hypernyms ("flourish" is a kind of...):
wafture; wave; waving (the act of signaling by a movement of the hand)
Meaning:
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
tucket; fanfare; flourish
Context examples:
he entered to a flourish of trumpets / her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare
Hypernyms ("flourish" is a kind of...):
air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
• FLOURISH (verb)
Meaning:
Grow stronger
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
thrive; prosper; flourish; get ahead; expand; boom
Context example:
The economy was booming
Hypernyms (to "flourish" is one way to...):
grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flourish"):
revive (be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength)
luxuriate (thrive profusely or flourish extensively)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The business is going to flourish
Meaning:
Gain in wealth
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
flourish; fly high; prosper; thrive
Hypernyms (to "flourish" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Move or swing back and forth
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
brandish; wave; flourish
Context example:
She waved her gun
Hypernyms (to "flourish" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
"Flourish" entails doing...:
hold; take hold (have or hold in one's hands or grip)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flourish"):
wigwag (send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
