flourish

Verb

1. (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
2. (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
3. (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
4. (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
5. (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
6. (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
7. (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
8. (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
9. (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
10. (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
11. (intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
12. (archaic, transitive) To brandish (a weapon).

Noun

1. A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
2. An ornamentation.
3. A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
4. A decorative embellishment on a building.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: floryschen

In summary

From Middle English floryschen, from Old French florir (via the arrhizotonic stem floriss-), from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre, from Latin flōrem (“flower”, noun). Corresponds to flower + -ish.

Synonyms

prosper

thrive

brandish

wave

👋

bloom

grow

succeed

swing

flower

🌸

blossom

🌼

boom

💥

increase

wield

fanfare

develop

prosperity

wag

whirl

wave about

curlicue

beat

sway

fling

progress

spread

luxuriate

tucket

rise

do

wax

wiggle

twirl

hitch

be prosperous

sprout

shake

🫨

squiggle

burgeon

fly high

prosperous

stir up

arouse

agitate

expand

show off

ornament

be successful

improve

incite

make it

Translations

blühen

prospérer

fiorire

🌸

floreren

fleurir

🌸

florecer

🌸

aufblühen

bloeien

🌼

prosperar

ακμάζω

prosperare

gedeihen

zwaaien

florescer

🌸

florieren

Sentences

Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure .

And , eventually , man will nourish your sands , where the game will once again flourish .