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1.nounA dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag."With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue."
2.nounAn ornamentation."His signature ended with a flourish."
3.nounA ceremonious passage such as a fanfare."The trumpets blew a flourish as they entered the church."
4.nounA decorative embellishment on a building.
5.verbTo thrive or grow well."The barley flourished in the warm weather."
6.verbTo prosper or fare well."The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business."
7.verbTo be in a period of greatest influence."His writing flourished before the war."
8.verbTo develop; to make thrive; to expand.
9.verbTo make bold, sweeping movements with."They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace."
10.verbTo make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
11.verbTo use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
12.verbTo make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
13.verbTo adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
14.verbTo execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
15.verbTo boast; to vaunt; to brag.